À Concarneau (Finistère)
1874
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 12.4 × 20.7 cm (4 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.) plate: 15.8 × 23.6 cm (6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 34.3 × 36.4 cm (13 1/2 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Accession Number
2021.113.40
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Maxime Lalanne · 1827–1886
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...