Alphonse Legros
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personFrench-British, 1837–1911play_circleStream Art
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Selected Works186

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
The Refectory
The Refectory, 1862
Acquired 1992
Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Landscape with Birch Trees
Landscape with Birch Trees, 1878
Acquired 1989
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
LACMA
A Woodland Study
A Woodland Study
Acquired 1988
Etching
Art Institute of Chicago
Procession in a Spanish Church
Procession in a Spanish Church, 1861
Acquired 1987
Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Procession in the Crypt of St. Medard
Procession in the Crypt of St. Medard, 1859
Acquired 1987
Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Communion in the Church of St. Médard
Communion in the Church of St. Médard, 1861
Acquired 1986
Etching and drypoint on ivory chine
LACMA
Procession dans une Eglise espagnole
Procession dans une Eglise espagnole, 1860
Acquired 1984
Etching, with brown wash and white gouache
LACMA
Le Retour du bois
Le Retour du bois, 1895
Acquired 1978
Drypoint
Art Institute of Chicago
A Vagabond Walking Along a Lane
A Vagabond Walking Along a Lane, 1890
Acquired 1952
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Banks of the Saint-Pré
Banks of the Saint-Pré, 1885
Acquired 1950
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Pole Fisherman
Pole Fisherman, 1878
Acquired 1950
Etching, drypoint and plate tone on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of the Artist
Portrait of the Artist, 1880
Acquired 1950
Etching and drypoint on light blue laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The LumberJacks, second plate
The LumberJacks, second plate, 1877
Acquired 1949
Etching and drypoint printed in brown on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Edge of a Wood
Edge of a Wood, 1860
Acquired 1944
Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Death of the Vagabond
Death of the Vagabond, 1879
Acquired 1942
Etching and aquatint printed in brown on heavy cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Canal: Morning
The Canal: Morning, 1877
Acquired 1940
Etching and drypoint printed in brown on light green laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Plain
Plain, 1885
Acquired 1928
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Abbey Farm
The Abbey Farm, 1893
Acquired 1928
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Peat-Bogs
Peat-Bogs
Acquired 1928
Drypoint and plate tone on light green laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Morning on the River
Morning on the River, 1900
Acquired 1928
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Footbridge
The Footbridge, 1900
Acquired 1928
Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Banks of the Liane
The Banks of the Liane, 1880
Acquired 1928
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Banks of the Marne
Banks of the Marne, 1883
Acquired 1928
Etching, drypoint and plate tone on light-green laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Tolstoy
Portrait of Tolstoy
Acquired 1928
Drypoint on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Job, second plate
Job, second plate, 1884
Acquired 1928
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Previous Sales

Sotheby's
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, 1905
$3,787
Jun 2025
Bonhams
Portrait of Auguste Rodin (Beraldi IX.237, IFF XIII.398.153, Malassis/Thibaudeau 237, Bliss 237)
Portrait of Auguste Rodin (Beraldi IX.237, IFF XIII.398.153, Malassis/Thibaudeau 237, Bliss 237), 1860
$896
Jan 2025
Sotheby's
Portrait de M. J. Dalou
Portrait de M. J. Dalou, 1875
$762
Feb 2024
Christie's
Elegant ladies out for a stroll; and A woman in fright
Elegant ladies out for a stroll; and A woman in fright
$960
Aug 2006
John Moran Auctioneers · Artsy
Two faces, after Michangelo
Two faces, after Michangelo
Bidding closed
Graphite on paper laid to paper under glass

For Sale

Wallector · Artsy
Cardinal Manning
Cardinal Manning
Sold
Lithograph on paper.
Wallector · Artsy
Architectures
Architectures, 1970
€250
Mixed colored lithograph.
Wallector · Artsy
La Manege
La Manege, 1860
€400
Etching
Wallector · Artsy
Le Réfectoire
Le Réfectoire, 1864
€340
Etching
Wallector · Artsy
Portrait de Frederique Regamey
Portrait de Frederique Regamey, 1859
€650
Mixed colored oil painting
Wallector · Artsy
Le Refectoire
Le Refectoire, 1860
Sold
Etching
Sylvan Cole Gallery · Artsy
Les fagottiers
Les fagottiers, 1906
€475
Drypoint
Wallector · Artsy
Extase Poétique
Extase Poétique, 1876
£310
Original Etching
Wallector · Artsy
Tree of Life
Tree of Life
€480
Pencil Drawing
Sylvan Cole Gallery · Artsy
Tête de jeune fille / Extase poétique
Tête de jeune fille / Extase poétique, 1875
Sold
Drypoint
Sylvan Cole Gallery · Artsy
Portrait de G.F. Watts R.A.
Portrait de G.F. Watts R.A., 1877
Sold
Etching and drypoint
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Seated Woman Reading (Study for "Le Pélerinage")
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.25.15 · Graphite on light gray paper
Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2022
Profile of a Man
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.25.6 · Red chalk
Bequest of Harvey Salzman, 2022
The Salmon Fisherman (Le Pêcheur du Saumon)
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.601 · etching on wove paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis in memory of Harvey Buchanan and Penelope Draper Buchanan
The Village in Flames (L'Incendie du Hameau)
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.119 · etching
Bequest of John Bonebrake
Auguste Rodin
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.299 · etching
Bequest of John Bonebrake
Jules Dalou
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.298 · etching and drypoint
Bequest of John Bonebrake
Sir Edward Poynter
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.297 · etching
Bequest of John Bonebrake
A Woods
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2011 · Accession 2011.26.9 · Etching
Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Gift of Stuart and Beverly Denenberg
Portrait of Edward John Poynter
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2010 · Accession M.2010.180.2 · Etching and drypoint
Gift of Constance Harris
Portrait of Sir Frederick W. Burton, Director of the National Gallery, London
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2010 · Accession 2010.161 · graphite on laid paper
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Les Glaneuses
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2009 · Accession 2009.308 · sepia ink and wash on off-white paper, pastel down
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Head of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2008 · Accession 2008.392 · metalpoint
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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Market73 auction results

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$3.8K
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Jun 2025 · $3.8K
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Works on paper: $3.8K medianEditioned prints: $829 median
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Sotheby'sChristie'sWoolley & WallisWaddingtonsPiasa
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event
death
Alphonse Legros dies
Jan 1, 1911
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birth
Alphonse Legros born
Jan 1, 1837