Abandoned Village
Alphonse Legros
Artist, French, 1837 - 1911
Artwork overview
-
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
plate: 11.2 x 20.1 cm (4 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 15.9 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2000.7.24
-
Catalogue Raisonné
Bliss 1923, no. 347
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
lower right below plate in graphite: A. Legros; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 17; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 347 15789; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Village abandonne
Watermarks
Strasbourg bend with a crown
Wikidata ID
Q75425743