Songofsnow Books, Art & Photo

Barbizon school etching by Maxime Lalanne, Vaches sous Bois, after the painting by Troyon.

Maxime Lalanne (1827- 1886) was a noted French etcher. Lalanne exhibited in the French Salon from 1852 until the 1880s.

Image size 5.25 x 6.75 inches. Print is a proof on very thin paper, mounted on heaver stock, large margins. In good condition.

Paintings and works of art were often etched in order to create an acceptable reproduction to bind in a book and share with the global art market, either indicating a work for sale or an up and coming artist. The etching we offer is an original vintage print - not a modern reproduction.

 (Etching is the process of using strong acid to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal . As an intaglio method of printmaking it is, along with engraving, the most important technique for old master prints, and remains widely used today)