Le repos en Egypte (The Rest in Egypt)
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 18 × 24.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 29.4 × 43.4 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3823
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...