Le Pont des Arts
Maxime Lalanne
1869
Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.7 × 12.9 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 21.4 × 14.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 35.2 × 27.2 cm (13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61557
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...