Portrait of a Caped Gentleman

Drypoint. Alphonse Legros (8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.

Artist: Alphonse Legros 1837 - 1911
Print Type: Drypoint etching
Signed: t/r in plate
Date: circa 1880 - 1890
Origin: France
Demensions: SS 8 1/2 x 12"
Frame: Gold/black 15 x 19"
Notes & Literature: Léonce Bénédite, "Alphonse Legros," Revue d'an (Paris, 1900)


Cosmo Monkhouse, 'Professor Legros', Magazine of Art (1882).
Condition Report: Fine
Subject References: ALPHONSE LEGROS (1837 ? 1911)

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