En cabinet particulier (3e planche) (In a Private Room) (third plate)
Medium
drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 24.1 × 31 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 38.3 × 54.3 cm (15 1/16 × 21 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3805
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...