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Alphonse Legros

1837–1911 · French

Born
1837 · Dijon
Died
1911 · Watford

349 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Alphonse Legros was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863, was naturalized as British, and was important as a teacher in the British etching revival.

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Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s ləɡʁo]; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British. He was important as a teacher in the British etching revival.

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Registered works

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Selected registered works by Alphonse Legros

Selected from 349 works by Alphonse Legros in the Collect24 Registry.

Alphonse Legros, Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Man, 1886

metalpoint

31.5 × 23 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-1101708

Alphonse Legros, Study of a Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Head of a Man, 1837–1911

Red chalk

29.2 × 21.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-477170

Alphonse Legros, Head of a Woman

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Woman, 1837–1911

Red chalk

37.9 × 28.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-476231

Alphonse Legros, Study of a Head

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Head, 1837–1911

Red chalk

43.5 × 31.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-476252

Alphonse Legros, Head of a Quarryman

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Quarryman, 1837–1911

Red chalk

47.6 × 34 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-476264

Alphonse Legros, Head of a Beadle

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Beadle, 1837–1911

Red chalk

36.5 × 28.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-476235

Alphonse Legros, Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Man, 1837–1911

Red chalk

42.9 × 32.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-476239

Alphonse Legros, Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Man, 1837–1911

Red chalk

43.5 × 31.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-476260

Alphonse Legros, Study of a Figure

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Figure, 1837–1911

Graphite, touched with white on gray-green prepared paper

36.2 × 20.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-564233

Alphonse Legros, Rehearsing the Service

Alphonse Legros

Rehearsing the Service, 1870

oil paint

116.8 × 91.4 cm

Tate

C24-462789

Alphonse Legros, Studies of Hands

Alphonse Legros

Studies of Hands, 1880–92

Metalpoint on prepared paper

23.4 × 33.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-554500

Alphonse Legros, Jules Dalou

Alphonse Legros

Jules Dalou, 1877

etching and drypoint

33.2 × 22.7 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-552381

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