Un Vieux Quartier de Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine)

1879

Maxime Lalanne

Associated Names
Maxime Lalanne

Artist, French, 1827 - 1886

The image is an etching showing a narrow street in an old quarter. The scene is symmetrical, with buildings on either side of the street. The horizon is in the center, with buildings extending into the distance. The buildings have medieval or historical architecture, with detail in the line work capturing their wooden and stone textures. The image is in black and grey tones, giving it a nostalgic feel. Figures and market stalls are seen near the viewer, while the street narrows and converges in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.6 × 25 cm (6 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
    plate: 19.4 × 27.7 cm (7 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 36 × 52.5 cm (14 3/16 × 20 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.113.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Villet 2010, no. 128, state v/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James and Carol Goodfriend, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892, no. 112.

2010

  • Villet, Jeffrey Michael. The Complete Prints of Maxime Lalanne: a catalogue raisonné, lithographs and etchings. Washington, DC: 2010, no. 128, state v/vi.

Inscriptions

etched lower right in image: Un vieux quartier de Vitré / (Ille et Vilaine); lower left: Lalanne; engraved below plate lower right: Vve A. Cadart, Edit. Imp. 56, Bard Haussmann, Paris; above image upper right: 7; lower left: Maxime Lalanne, del. et sc.; lower center: UN VIEUX QUARTIER DE VITRÉ

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