La route d'Emmaüs (2e planche) (The Road to Emmaus) (second plate)
Jean-Louis Forain
1902/1907
Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 27.8 × 22 cm (10 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 29.2 × 42 cm (11 1/2 × 16 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3821
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...