Femme nue, assise sur son lit, de face (Nude Woman, Seated on Her Bed, Front View)
Medium
etching and drypoint (zinc plate) on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 28.7 × 21.5 cm (11 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 50.5 × 38.1 cm (19 7/8 × 15 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3755
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...