Baptism

c. 1870

Alphonse Legros

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Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

Three individuals are depicted in the image, each positioned side by side. The central figure, a young woman, faces towards the left with closed eyes and a cloth wrapped around her head. She wears a dark cloak with a circular brooch at her collar. To her left is an old man in profile with a cap and dark clothing. On her right is another older man in profile with a cloak and raised collar, appearing to hold his hands together. The background consists of vertically sketched lines.

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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: : no. 47, undesc. state ("no impression of any etching by Legros of this subject has yet been discovered")

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