Pietà (1ère planche) (Pietà) (first plate)
Medium
drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 23.8 × 31.8 cm (9 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.) sheet (irreg.): 28.6 × 41 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3809
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...