The Look-Out (The Office of Victor Hugo)
1864
Medium
etching and drypoint on beige laid paper
Dimensions
image: 9.8 × 7.4 cm (3 7/8 × 2 15/16 in.) plate: 14.1 × 10.5 cm (5 9/16 × 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 23.6 × 17.4 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Accession Number
2021.113.1
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...