Fribourgh, Switzerland by Maxime Lalanne

This is an etching by noted French artist Maxime Lalanne. This is probably an illustration from an art journal, so is likely based on a painting. This conclusion is based on the small number 22 in the upper right corner. The text associated with the illustration is not present, but I've seen this work labeled as Fribourgh, Switzerland. It shows a couple of cottages along a shore. In the foreground people are loading into a boat. A loaded horse proceeds along the path curving around the point of land and sailboats are visible in the distance. The etching is very detailed and shows the typical work that takes place in a village. It is a very mature work by a fine artist. The etching is in excellent condition particularly given its age. It is well struck and inked. The plate size is 7 x 4 inches and the sheet is 9 x 5.5 inches. There are a few condition issues. The sheet is free and there is no paper loss, tears, scuffs, toning, or staining. There is some light foxing in the right margin away from the image. A fine example of this artist's illustrations.
Maxime Lalanne (1822-1886)
Lalanne, who studied in Paris in the studio of Jean Gigoux, made his Salon début in 1852. He was an important player in the etching revival in France and was a founding member in 1862 of the Société des Aquafortistes along with Auguste Delatre, Cadart, Ribot and Bracquemond. In total Lalanne created over one hundred and fifty fine etchings. His illustrated manual Traité de la gravure à l'eau-forte was published in 1866 and translated into English in 1880. He produced a second technical manual, Le Fusain, in 1869.
Lalanne provided drawings for L'Illustration nouvelle, the Société des Aquafortistes's journal, from 1868 to 1881. His primary source of income was creating prints that were then published in French art journals. He made prints after artists such as Corot and Constant Troyon for French periodicals including L'Artiste and the Gazette des beaux-arts. He also produced illustrations for books, e.g. Chez Victor Hugo (1864). Lalanne also published two documents of his own, instruction manuals on etching and sketching done in 1866 and 1869 respectively.
Joseph Pennell greatly admired Lalanne's quick, incisive pen and ink landscapes and townscapes, even comparing them favourably against those of Titian. He declared that Lalanne's etching of Richmond and the Thames, which appeared in the Portfolio, was 'the most exquisite example of his work I have seen in any English periodical'.
Lalanne exhibited in Britain at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts between 1882 and 1884.

Size: 1880s
Price: $85
Size: 9 x 5.5 inches
Plate Size: 7 x 4 inches
Condition: Good
Medium: Etching
Subject: Marine/Seascape

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