Procession in the Crypt of St. Medard
Alphonse Legros
1859
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 19.4 × 40.1 cm (7 11/16 × 15 13/16 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 52 cm (14 1/16 × 20 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
105477
About the Artist
Alphonse Legros · 1837–1911
Alphonse Legros (1837–1911) was born in Dijon, France, and trained in Paris at the drawing school of Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose unconventional teaching method — which emphasised memory drawing and acute observation over academic convention — would leave a lasting mark on Legros's practice. At Lecoq's school he formed friendships with Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin that endured throughout hi...