Art, literature & history
a) Dead German Soldier (recto); b) Head of a Soldier (verso)
c. 1914/1919
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- brush and black ink, black crayon, and watercolor on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 37.1 x 54.2 cm (14 5/8 x 21 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.4029.a-b
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-Louis Forain. a) Dead German Soldier (recto); b) Head of a Soldier (verso). 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
a) Dead German Soldier (recto); b) Head of a Soldier (verso) — Jean-Louis Forain. c. 1914/1919.
Medium: brush and black ink, black crayon, and watercolor on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 37.1 x 54.2 cm (14 5/8 x 21 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.4029.a-b. 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.