Lourdes, la miraculée (1ère planche) (Lourdes, the Miracle) (first plate)
Jean-Louis Forain
1912/1913
Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 33.5 × 28.7 cm (13 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 38.1 × 47.3 cm (15 × 18 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3832
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...