Maison close (planche refusée) (Bordello) (refused plate)
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 10 x 14.5 cm (3 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 31.5 cm (9 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2003.118.17
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...