Avant le repas à Emmaus (1ère planche) (Before the Supper at Emmaus) (first plate)
Medium
etching on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.7 × 39.3 cm (11 11/16 × 15 1/2 in.) sheet: 38.9 × 54.6 cm (15 5/16 × 21 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3797
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...