La noed de cravate (Knotting the Cravat)
Jean-Louis Forain
1880 and 1886
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 15 × 9.9 cm (5 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 30.9 × 24.9 cm (12 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.70.6
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...