1908
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Témoins à l'audience (1ère planche) (Evidence at the Hearing) (first plate) is a 1908 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a courtroom scene. A judge sits at a high desk, looking down at a group of people standing before him. In the foreground, a woman is leaning forward, as if testifying. The judge's face is stern, while the woman's expression is difficult to read. The scene is depicted in a simple, brown color scheme, with the figures rendered in loose, expressive lines. The overall effect is one of quiet drama, as if the viewer has stumbled upon a private moment in the midst of a serious legal proceeding. To learn more about the artist's techniques, look up etching.
Jean-Louis Forain (French pronunciation: ; 23 October 1852 – 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph.
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