Portrait de Renoir (2e planche) (Portrait of Renoir) (second plate)
Medium
transfer lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 27.5 × 20 cm (10 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 49 × 32 cm (19 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3866
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...