Alpine Castle above a Wooded Lake
Maxime Lalanne
c. 1870
Medium
charcoal with stumping,scraping, erasing and wetting, and white chalk on beige laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
overall: 103 x 69 cm (40 9/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund
Accession Number
2006.153.1
About the Artist
Maxime Lalanne
François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (1827–1886) was born in Bordeaux into a family of civil servants, initially pursuing classical studies and a law career. At the Institution Oré, he learned drawing from instructor Saulnier and showed early promise, exhibiting pencil and pastel works at Bordeaux's Philomathique Society in 1850, where he earned a bronze medal. Encouraged by architect Léo Drouyn, Lalan...