Pont des Arts
Maxime Lalanne
1868
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.4 x 14.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 35.3 x 25.9 cm (13 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Fund in Honor of Christopher With
Accession Number
2010.131.1
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...