An Old Quarter of Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine
Maxime Lalanne
1879
Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 18.5 × 27 cm (7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 32.9 × 43.6 cm (13 × 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133138
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...