a) Negotiations at the Trianon Palace, Versailles (recto); b) Study for Negotiations at the Trianon Palace, Versailles (verso)
c. 1919
Medium
a) brush and black ink over graphite on wove paper b) brush and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 37.7 x 51.5 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9056.a-b
Rights
Public Domain
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...