C'est fini!...(grande planche) (It is Finished!...) (large plate)
Medium
drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.7 × 25.9 cm (11 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 43 × 29.2 cm (16 15/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3808
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...