Art, literature & history
The Artist's Wife Fishing
1896
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 95.5 x 101 cm (37 5/8 x 39 3/4 in.) framed: 121 x 126.1 x 7 cm (47 5/8 x 49 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.64.19
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Jean-Louis Forain. The Artist's Wife Fishing. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Artist's Wife Fishing — Jean-Louis Forain. 1896.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 95.5 x 101 cm (37 5/8 x 39 3/4 in.) framed: 121 x 126.1 x 7 cm (47 5/8 x 49 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.64.19. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.
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.