Après la saisie (After the Seizure)
Medium
etching (zinc) on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 35.1 × 30 cm (13 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.) sheet: 55.3 × 39 cm (21 3/4 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3750
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...