The Acrobats (Les saltimbanques)
1905, published 1913
Medium
drypoint on wove Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
sheet: 50.2 x 58.2 cm (19 3/4 x 22 15/16 in.) plate: 29 x 32.7 cm (11 7/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.54
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso · 1881–1973
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...