a) Woman with Bustle (recto); b) Sketch of a Woman's Face (verso)
1851 to 1875
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View on museum website →Medium
a) pen and black ink on wove paper b) pen and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3937.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...