The La Plataine Bridge at Royan
Maxime Lalanne
1876
Medium
Etching on ivory vellum
Dimensions
Image: 12 × 19.7 cm (4 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 14.7 × 20.6 cm (5 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 26.3 cm (8 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
10351
About the Artist
Maxime Lalanne
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...