Le calvaire (2e planche) (Calvary) (second plate)
Medium
etching on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
image: 37 × 46.7 cm (14 9/16 × 18 3/8 in.) plate: 39.9 × 49.6 cm (15 11/16 × 19 1/2 in.) sheet (irreg.): 49.3 × 65.1 cm (19 7/16 × 25 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3771
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...