Le Christ dépouillé de ses vêtements (Christ Stripped of His Clothes)
Medium
drypoint in brown on wove Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
image: 23.1 × 28.9 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.) plate: 24.1 × 29.9 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 38.4 × 54.5 cm (15 1/8 × 21 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3788
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...