The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 17, 2026

A horizontally oriented etching in black ink uses fine, dense lines to overlook a vast landscape from an elevated viewpoint. Dark, slender trees and rounded bushes cluster in the foreground hill. Beyond, repetitive strokes define rows of trees leading toward a distant city skyline with sharp church spires. Light, horizontal scribbles across the top half form wispy clouds in an expansive sky. A signature is scratched into the lower-left corner.

Bordeaux, View from the Coast of Cénon

1879

Maxime Lalanne

(French, 1827–1886)
France, 19th century
etching
Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial 1920.687
Catalogue raisonné: Beraldi 97; Villet 130
Location: Not on view
  • McK., W. Mc.C. "Gift to Keppel Memorial." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 8 (1920): 120. Mentioned: p. 120 www.jstor.org
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