Castle in Spain (Chateau en Espagne)
1826 to 1850
Medium
drypoint and etching
Dimensions
plate: 15.1 × 22.5 cm (5 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 18.9 × 20.4 cm (7 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Accession Number
1950.4.27
About the Artist
Alphonse Legros · 1837–1911
Alphonse Legros (1837–1911) was born in Dijon, France, and trained in Paris at the drawing school of Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose unconventional teaching method — which emphasised memory drawing and acute observation over academic convention — would leave a lasting mark on Legros's practice. At Lecoq's school he formed friendships with Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin that endured throughout hi...