Art, literature & history
La retour (The Return)
c. 1914/1919
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- black crayon and brush and black ink on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 31.5 x 47.3 cm (12 3/8 x 18 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.4091
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-Louis Forain. La retour (The Return). Jean-Louis Forain; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Rosenwald Collection. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
La retour (The Return) — Jean-Louis Forain. c. 1914/1919.
Medium: black crayon and brush and black ink on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 31.5 x 47.3 cm (12 3/8 x 18 5/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.4091. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.