a) The Accused (recto); b) Study for The Accused (verso)
1851 to 1875
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View on museum website →Medium
a) charcoal heightened with white chalk on gray wove Fabriano paper b) charcoal on gray wove Fabriano paper
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 58.9 cm (18 1/8 x 23 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4038.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...