The Acrobats (Les saltimbanques)
Pablo Picasso
1905, published 1913
Medium
drypoint on wove Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 28.7 x 32.8 cm (11 5/16 x 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 35.8 x 42 cm (14 1/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6733
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso
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...