The Wagg-Poids, Amsterdam
1879
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 14.9 × 24.2 cm (5 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.) plate: 19.8 × 28.1 cm (7 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.) sheet: 28 × 41 cm (11 × 16 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Accession Number
2021.113.51
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...