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The image is an etching of a city street scene from an elevated viewpoint. The street is bustling with activity, lined with multi-story buildings. The horizon line is low, creating depth. Fine line work captures architectural details and lively movement. The monochromatic palette uses black, gray, and white. Trees, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians populate the scene. Light clouds fill the sky above.
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The image is an etching of a city street scene from an elevated viewpoint. The street is bustling with activity, lined with multi-story buildings. The horizon line is low, creating depth. Fine line work captures architectural details and lively movement. The monochromatic palette uses black, gray, and white. Trees, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians populate the scene. Light clouds fill the sky above.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Boulevard Montmartre

Maxime Lalanne

Date
1884
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 15.5 × 21.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.) plate: 20 × 25.8 cm (7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 22.6 × 31 cm (8 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2021.113.58
Credit line
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • Street
  • City
  • Building
  • Figures
Provenance

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

Inscription

in plate lower left: Paris 1884 / Boulevard Montmartre; lower right: Maxime Lalanne

NGA object ID 224078. 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.