Charity (La Charité)

c. 1881

Alphonse Legros

Associated Names
Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

This is a drawing of an elderly figure sitting on the ground with a bowl in their outstretched hand. Two cloaked figures approach them. The seated figure leans against a stone wall, with two crutches resting beside them. The two standing figures are facing each other, with one extending a hand. The background features an arched stone structure with leaded glass windows. The drawing uses fine lines and hatching techniques.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching printed in brown ink

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of E. Gerald Lamboley)

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irreg.): 33.1 × 24.9 cm (13 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.1376

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bliss Collection 1923, no. 235, state unknown

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1923

  • A Catalogue of the Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) In the Collection of Frank E. Bliss. Preface by Campbell Dodgson. London: Privately printed, 1923.

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