Rouen
1884
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 12.8 × 20.8 cm (5 1/16 × 8 3/16 in.) plate: 15.8 × 23.3 cm (6 1/4 × 9 3/16 in.) sheet: 26 × 36.4 cm (10 1/4 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Accession Number
2021.113.56
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...