J.-K. Huysmans
Medium
drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.3 × 10 cm (5 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 51.5 × 38.5 cm (20 1/4 × 15 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.1.65
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...