a) Print Connoisseur (recto); b) Sketch of Print Connoisseur (verso)
1851 to 1875
Medium
a) brush and brown ink and black chalk with brown wash and white heightening on laid Van Gelder paper b) black crayon on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
overall: 33.5 x 48.5 cm (13 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3903.a-b
About the Artist
Jean-Louis Forain
Jean-Louis Forain was born Louis Henri Forain on October 23, 1852, in Reims, France, to a family of modest means; his father painted ornamental signs. The family relocated to Paris when he was eight, where young Forain developed a passion for drawing inspired by the sculptures of Reims Cathedral and the masters at the Louvre, which he began copying at age fourteen. He received drawing lessons from...