a) Si ils avaient vaincu (recto); b) Sketch of Si ils avaient vaincu (verso)
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1919
Medium
a) brush and black ink on laid Van Gelder paper b) brush and black ink on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 56.7 cm (18 1/8 x 22 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4114.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...