At Zaandam
1877
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.6 × 22.5 cm (5 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Primary support: 19 × 26.1 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.); Plate: 20 × 28 cm (7 7/8 × 11 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 33 × 44.2 cm (13 × 17 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133137
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...