Le cabinet particulier (1ère planche) (The Private Room) (first plate)
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1893
Medium
lithograph on wove Arches vellum paper
Dimensions
image: 27.9 × 39.5 cm (11 × 15 9/16 in.) sheet: 38.5 × 52.4 cm (15 3/16 × 20 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3842
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...