Croquis de femme nue, la tête contre l'oreiller (1ère plance) (Sketch of a Nude Woman, Her Head Against a Pillow) (1st plate)
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1909
Medium
drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 29 × 33.4 cm (11 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 46.6 × 57.4 cm (18 3/8 × 22 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3778
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...