Pèlerins d'Emmaüs (Pilgrims at Emmaus)
1912/1913
Medium
etching, drypoint, and white and brown wash with graphite additions on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.4 × 31.1 cm (10 × 12 1/4 in.) sheet: 39.7 × 46.1 cm (15 5/8 × 18 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3834
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...