Femme assise de profil (Woman Seated in Profile)
Medium
etching (zinc plate) on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
image: 18.6 × 12.4 cm (7 5/16 × 4 7/8 in.) plate: 19.6 × 13.1 cm (7 11/16 × 5 3/16 in.) sheet: 46.4 × 36.7 cm (18 1/4 × 14 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3795
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...