Le repas à Emmaus (2e planche) (The Supper at Emmaus) (second plate)
Medium
etching and drypoint in brown on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 24 × 29.9 cm (9 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 36.2 × 48.7 cm (14 1/4 × 19 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3798
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...