The image shows two people sitting at separate tables. The man on the left wears a top hat, suit, bow tie, vest, and has a moustache. He looks slightly to the left. The woman at the right table leans her chin on her hand, with her arm bent, looking towards the right. She has curly hair and wears a hat with feathers, a dress with puffed sleeves, and long gloves. The man's table has bottles and a book, while the woman's table has a plate. They are in a restaurant or café setting with light from a window in the background, and sketched lines indicating walls or a partition.
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The image shows two people sitting at separate tables. The man on the left wears a top hat, suit, bow tie, vest, and has a moustache. He looks slightly to the left. The woman at the right table leans her chin on her hand, with her arm bent, looking towards the right. She has curly hair and wears a hat with feathers, a dress with puffed sleeves, and long gloves. The man's table has bottles and a book, while the woman's table has a plate. They are in a restaurant or café setting with light from a window in the background, and sketched lines indicating walls or a partition.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Au restaurant (At the Restaurant)

Jean-Louis Forain

Date
1890
Medium
lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 21.4 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3835
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Woman
  • Table
  • Bottle
  • Drink
  • Man
Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 3 December 1928 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

"forain" lower right composition, in stone, artist's hand. Not dated. "32" upper left composition, in stone, artist's hand. "8523 / [illeg.]/150" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks

"LJR" lower right composition, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). (Belfond & Cie stamp), lower right composition, blind stamp, (Lugt 225d). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

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