Vaches Sous Bois
1872
Medium
etching on laid paper (proof before lettering)
Dimensions
image: 13.7 × 17.6 cm (5 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.) plate: 16.4 × 20 cm (6 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 30 × 44.2 cm (11 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Accession Number
2015.143.147
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...