Communion in the Church of St. Médard
Alphonse Legros
c. 1861
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory chine
Dimensions
Plate: 36.6 × 27.1 cm (14 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 40.9 × 31.2 cm (16 1/8 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
104235
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...