Courtroom Scene
Artist
Jean-Louis Forain
CultureFrench
Date1852-1931
MediumOil on paper | Canvas
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/8 x 20 1/4 in. (34 x 51.4 cm)
InscribedLabels on reverse:;
1) Partially effaced: "Les Cadres R.G., 7 Rue Bonaparte...";
2) "Ward Eggleston Galleries, 161 West 57th St., New York City 19," and further: Jean Louis Forain, Courtroom, owner N.R. Coleman;
These are handwritten numbers on the back of the frame and stretcher: 108, 7193, 5242, 124
Credit LineGift of Nat and Mary Jane Coleman
Object number2002.19.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on paper painting mounted on canvas. It depicts the interior of a nineteenth-century French courtroom, with lawyers and police officers in attendance.ProvenanceWard Eggleston Galleries, New York, 1950s; Nat R. Coleman, Sr., New York, late 1950s-1961; Mrs. Coleman, New York, 1961-1963; Nat R. Coleman, Jr., 1963-2002; Gift of Nat and Mary Jane Coleman to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2002.
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