Richmond
Maxime Lalanne
1871
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 18.6 x 26.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 24 x 34.5 cm (9 7/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Liane W. Atlas
Accession Number
1999.83.1
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...