The Petitioner
Jean-Louis Forain
c. 1910
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 61.5 x 50.5 cm (24 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.) framed: 76.2 x 318.8 x 5.7 cm (30 x 125 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.11.6
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...