Procession in the Sepulchre of Saint Medard(Procession dans les caveaux de St.Medard)
1859
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.4 × 40.1 cm (7 5/8 × 15 13/16 in.) sheet: 30.2 × 47.6 cm (11 7/8 × 18 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Accession Number
1949.16.5
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...