Le savant endormi

Le savant endormi

Item Information

Title:
Le savant endormi
Description:
An impression of the entire plate, showing the portrait of the artist now engraved in the previous blank half. The scholar has fallen asleep in his arm-chair, before a table laden with papers and a glass jar containing a foetus; the forms of skulls and skeletons stand out fantastically along the walls of the cabinet.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Name on Item:
A. Legros
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Portrait prints
Self-portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Artists
Scientists
Sleeping
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 21 x 28 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 129, III.
Notes (acquisition):
Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
Notes (date):
Date from bulk dates of collection.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue raisonné cited in this record: Bliss, Frank E., "A catalogue of the etchings, drypoints and lithographs, by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) in the collection of Frank E. Bliss." (London: Printed for private circulation, 1923).
Catalogue raisonné numbers derived by Bliss from: Poulet-Malassis, Thibaudeau, "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de M. Alphonse Legros." (Paris: J. Bauer, 1877)
Notes (object):
Third state of four.
Identifier:
07_09_000312
Barcode:
36666003285018