The Apprentice
Medium
Drypoint from a zinc plate in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 16.9 × 10 cm (6 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 41.6 × 30.2 cm (16 7/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49635
About the Artist
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen · 1859–1923
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, born on November 10, 1859, in Lausanne, Switzerland, grew up in an environment steeped in artistic influence, with his grandfather serving as a drawing teacher in nearby Vevey. He studied literature at the University of Lausanne before working as a designer trainee in a Mulhouse textile mill. In his early twenties, around 1881, Steinlen married Émilie Mey, and the cou...