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The image is an etching of a rural scene depicting a landscape with a high horizon line showing a distant town or city with buildings and hills. Close by, there are wooden carts, lumber piles, and a structure similar to a barn or outbuilding, with figures present. The middle distance shows more architecture, adding texture. The etching features detailed lines contrasting natural and structured forms. It uses varying shades of black and grey, typical of etchings, focusing on texture and contrast rather than color.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Bastion 66
Maxime Lalanne
- Date
- 1871
- Medium
- etching on wove paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 16 × 24 cm (6 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 31.3 × 40.4 cm (12 5/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2021.113.19
- Credit line
- Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- figure
- Landscape
- vehicle
- Building
- Field
Provenance
James and Carol Goodfriend, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.
Inscription
by later hand across bottom in graphite: B71 L70 Bastion 66; lower right: 172; verso lower left: B[?]: 70.83 ("[?] atiste [pues?] du Seige de Paris"); across bottom: APG 16006; lower right: 150-
NGA object ID 224039. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.