Les notables (grande planche) (The Notables) (large plate)
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1915
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 23.7 × 32 cm (9 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 32.7 × 50.5 cm (12 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3820
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...