Le retour de l'enfant prodigue (3e planche) (The Return of the Prodigal Son) (third plate)
Medium
etching on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 29 × 21.7 cm (11 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 48.7 × 36.5 cm (19 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3756
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...