Les notables (petite planche) (The Notables) (small plate)
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.5 × 28.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 28.8 × 42.9 cm (11 5/16 × 16 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3819
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...