Le Christ aux outrages (The Mocking of Christ)
Medium
drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.6 × 23.8 cm (11 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 49.9 × 37.2 cm (19 5/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3790
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...