Le Pigeonnier
1869
Medium
etching on chine collé on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 8.2 × 12.4 cm (3 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.) plate: 9.5 × 12.3 cm (3 3/4 × 4 13/16 in.) sheet: 12.7 × 19.7 cm (5 × 7 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Accession Number
2021.113.17
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...