Baptism

c. 1870

Alphonse Legros

Associated Names
Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

The image depicts a detailed drawing of three individuals from the waist up, arranged in a staggered formation. The central figure is a woman facing slightly downward with her eyes closed, adorned with a cloth covering her head. She wears a dark cloak fastened at the neck with a hand near her chest. To her left is a man in partial profile also looking down, wearing a head covering and simple garment. On the right is another man in profile with a prominent nose and facial hair, wearing a dark cloak and hands clasped together. The background features vertical lines suggesting an architectural setting, fading into a dark void behind them.

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Bibliography

1877

  • Poulet-Malassis, A., and A. Thibaudeau. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de M. Alphonse Legros. Paris, 1977: no. 65, iii/iv?

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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