Demolition for the Opening of the rue des Ecoles (Demolitions pour le percement de la rue des Ecoles)
Maxime Lalanne
1826 to 1850
Medium
etching on chine collé`
Dimensions
plate: 23.9 x 31.9 cm (9 7/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.69.78
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...