Démolitions pour le percement du Boulevard Saint-Germain (Demolitions for the Construction of the Boulevard St. Germain, Paris)
1862
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 32.2 × 24.2 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 49.5 × 31.8 cm (19 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee
Accession Number
2024.83.6
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...