Scène de cabinet particulier (planche en hauteur) (Scene in a Private Room) (vertical plate)
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1905
Medium
transfer lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 28 × 25 cm (11 × 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 55.5 × 43.2 cm (21 7/8 × 17 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3884
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...