Le repos du modèle (1ère planche) (The Model's Rest) (first plate)
Medium
drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
image: 20.1 × 26 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.) plate: 20.9 × 26.9 cm (8 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.) sheet: 38 × 50.7 cm (14 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3766
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...