Fille-mère (1ère planche) (Unwed Mother) (first plate)
Medium
etching on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 39.5 × 48.7 cm (15 9/16 × 19 3/16 in.) sheet: 54 × 70.1 cm (21 1/4 × 27 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3752
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...