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Alphonse Legros

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Oil study of a man's head tilted upward, eyes gazing up, lit in warm yellow tones against a brown canvas ground.

Head of a Man with Upturned Eyes

1837

Painting of an elderly bearded man with a furrowed brow, lit from the left against a dark brown background.

Portrait of an Old Man

1837

Memory Copy of Holbein's Erasmus

1837

Portrait of a Woman

1875

Seated bearded man in dark suit resting his head on his hand in a wooden armchair, with an easel behind him.

Portrait d'Edouard Manet

1863

Painting of three clergymen at a lectern with a boy in a red cape holding a candle in the foreground.

Le lutrin

1865

Portrait de femme

1880

Painting of a sleeping nude woman on white drapery as a winged Cupid kneels beside her with a drawn bow, in a wooded landscap

Cupid and Psyche

1867

Memory Copy of Holbein's Erasmus

Portrait of a Woman

1875

Oil portrait of a bearded seated man in a dark suit, resting his head on his hand in a wooden armchair, dark background.

Portrait of Édouard Manet

1863

Painting of a teacher pointing to a globe as a group of schoolgirls in period dress watch attentively.

The Geography Lesson

1874

Painting of a clergyman and organist in a stone church with rows of young women in white caps seated on wooden pews.

A May Service for Young Women

1868

Pencil drawing of a head with downcast eyes, wrapped in a headscarf, with soft hatched shading on the face.

Head of a Man

1886

Etching of a priest giving communion to two kneeling worshippers in a dim church, with an altar server behind the rail.

Communion in the Church of St. Médard

c. 1861

Pencil portrait of an older man with pince-nez glasses, mustache and bow tie, signed A. Legros, 1875.

Portrait of Champfleury

1875

Etching of two seated men at a dim table with a standing figure serving, lit by a candle in an interior.

The Supper

1861

Etching of a group of startled men gathered near a wall, with a black cat perched on a woman's head at right.

The Black Cat

1862

Etching of bearded men gathered around a candlelit table, with a large shadow rising on the wall behind them.

The Shadow

1861

Etching of robed figures gathered around a reclining man on a couch in a bare interior with a stool and doorway.

The Truth in the Case of Mr. Waldemar

1861

Etching of a bearded seated man at a table with a reclining head and a glass, in a hatched interior.

Berenice

1861

Etching of a bound man on a table beneath a swinging crescent blade, with rats on the floor below.

The Pit and the Pendulum, second Plate

1861

Etching of a Spanish church interior with an organist, robed clergy in procession, and kneeling worshippers.

Procession in a Spanish Church

c. 1861

Etching of women in shawls and bonnets carrying candles in a dim crypt, with a small child at the center.

Procession in the Crypt of St. Medard

1859

Etching of three lumberjacks hauling a rope beside a tree while others crouch by cut logs near a stream.

The LumberJacks, second plate

c. 1877

Etching of a woman with a switch leading a donkey carrying three milk pails along a wooded path.

Milkmaid

c. 1880

Pen and brown wash sketch of two peasant women in headscarves in a wide field, one bent over and one seated.

The Gleaners

1800s

Etching of a thatched shed beside trees, with a bending farmer at lower left and a distant village on the right.

The Little Shed (Le Petit Hangar)

c. 1857-1911

Etching of monks seated at a long table in a vaulted refectory, with a crucifix on the wall and one monk praying.

The Refectory

1862

Etching of a rowboat moored by a misty canal, with tall trees and reeds along the bank.

Le Canal: Effet du matin

c. 1857-1911

Portrait of Cardinal Manning (2nd Plate)

c. 1857-1911

Pencil-style portrait of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the side.

Portrait of Alfred Lord Tennyson

c. 1857-1911

Pencil portrait of an elderly bearded man with long wavy hair, gazing toward the viewer in soft grey shading.

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2nd Plate)

1911

Lithograph portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat and skullcap, signed A. Legros in the upper right corner.

Portrait of George Frederic Watts (2nd Plate)

c. 1857-1911

Monochrome print of a man carrying a bundle of branches past trees and a thatched cottage on a hillside.

The Return of the Fagot Gatherer (2nd state)

c. 1857-1911

Black and white chalk drawing on tan paper of a large outstretched arm and four smaller studies of hands in different gesture

Studies of Hands

n.d.

Etching of a hooded skeleton with a scythe seated on a stone while a frightened old woodcutter recoils among dark forest tree

Death and the Woodcutter

1881

Etching of tall trees framing an open landscape, with a small figure in a hat bending near shrubs in the lower right.

The Salmon Fisherman (Le Pêcheur du Saumon)

c. 1880

Etched bust portrait of an elderly man with a draped cloak and direct, serious gaze, signed A. Legros at upper left.

Large Spaniard (Le grand Espagnol)

1837

Brown wash drawing of a rocky hillside with a windswept tree and shrubs under a pale, cloudy sky.

Sunset Over the Hill

last half 1800s

Sir Frederick Leighton

1878

Graphite drawing on gray paper of a standing nude woman gathering drapery at her waist, head turned to the right.

Nude Woman

c. 1853-1911

Drawing of an elderly bearded man in three-quarter view, in graphite and white chalk on blue paper.

George Frederic Watts, R.A.

c. 1876

Meditation (La meditation)

1837

Etching of a sunlit meadow with tall trees, shrubs, a fence, and a reclining figure in the foreground.

Meadow in Sunshine (Le pre ensoleille)

1837

English Peasant (Paysan anglais)

1837

Distributor of the Holy Water (Le donneur d'eau benite)

1837

Etching of a man in a hat bending over a wood block, raising a billhook beside a large tree trunk.

Fagot-cutter (Le coupeur de fagots)

1837

Etching of a thatched cottage with a bare tree in the foreground, a stone wall and shrubs beside it.

Thatched Cottage (Chaumiere)

1837

Etching of a rural landscape with a stone wall, wooden gate, hedges and rolling hills under an open sky.

The Gate (L'entree du champ)

1837

Philosopher (Le philosophe)

1837

Head of a Beggar (Tete de mendiant)

1837

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap, leaning on a table with his hands folded, eyes cast downward.

Writer (L'ecrivain)

1837

Etching of a riverbank with a fisherman and wind-bent trees beside rippling water, with hills in the distance.

Banks of the Marne (Bord de la Marne)

1837

Head of a Satyr (Tete de satyre)

1837

Etching of a small figure fishing from a riverbank beside a large tree, with a stone bridge and hills in the background.

Little Angler (Le petit pecheur a la ligne)

1837

Etching of a peasant woman seated near a hedge and a rake in a landscape with trees and a hatched sky.

Peasant Woman Seated near a Hedge (Paysanne assise pres d'une haie)

1837

Auguste Rodin

1837

Etching of a woman in a flowing dress recoiling under a large tree, with dense crosshatched shadows and a bright sky opening.

Thunder (Un coup de foudre)

1837

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with a full beard, face lit against a dark hatched background.

Head of a Man (Tete d'homme)

1837

Brown-toned print of a bearded man with long hair in three-quarter view, face softly lit against a dark background.

Poet (Le poete)

1837

Etching of tall trees framing a open landscape, with a small figure in a hat bending near the bank at right.

Salmon Fisher (Le pecheur du saumon)

1837

Etching of a village with a church steeple among rolling fields and hedgerows under a cloudy sky.

Village of Wimille, near Boulogne (Village de Wimille, pres Boulogne)

1837

Etching of a woman with a stick driving a laden donkey along a wooded path beside tall trees.

Milkmaid of Boulogne, 3rd plate (Laitiere a Boulogne)

1837