Le repos du modèle (4e planche) (The Model's Rest) (fourth plate)
Medium
etching and drypoint in brown on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
image: 22.5 × 28.4 cm (8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.) plate: 24.1 × 29.9 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 37 × 50.1 cm (14 9/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3793
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...