{"product_id":"animals-at-pasture-maxime-lalanne","title":"Animals at Pasture - Maxime Lalanne","description":"\u003cp\u003eA refined nineteenth-century etching by Maxime Lalanne, depicting a pastoral scene with cattle by a river, based on a composition by Nicolaes Berchem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis etching by Maxime Lalanne, titled Animaux au Pâturage, demonstrates the technical precision for which the artist was known during the nineteenth century. Lalanne was a central figure in the etching revival, a movement that sought to re-establish the medium as a legitimate form of artistic expression rather than a purely reproductive tool. This work was produced for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, a publication that played a significant role in promoting printmaking to a wider audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition features a pastoral scene with cattle and goats grazing by a riverbank. In the background, a village with a church tower and a fortified structure sits under a sky filled with voluminous, textured clouds. Lalanne employs a variety of hatching techniques to define the different surfaces, from the soft, rounded forms of the clouds to the reflective quality of the water and the varied textures of the foliage. The foreground animals are rendered with careful attention to their forms, grounding the scene in a quiet, observational reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLalanne often worked after other painters, and this specific print is based on a composition by Nicolaes Berchem, a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his pastoral subjects. By translating Berchem's painted work into the linear language of etching, Lalanne demonstrates his ability to capture light and atmosphere through line weight and density. The print reflects the mid-nineteenth-century interest in historical European art, filtered through the lens of the French etching revival. The inclusion of the collection credit to Monsieur Emile Péreire indicates the work's provenance within a notable private collection of the era, further situating it within the cultural context of French art collecting during the Second Empire and the early Third Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:2rem;padding-top:1.5rem;border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.85rem;color:#888;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 0.75rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.05em;\"\u003eYou might also like\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0.5rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/shakespeare-leopold-flameng\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eShakespeare - Léopold Flameng — Léopold Flameng\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-death-of-st-francis-alphonse-legros\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eThe Death of St. Francis - Alphonse Legros — Alphonse Legros\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Maxime Lalanne","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58473462333775,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ -","offer_id":58473498214735,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ -","offer_id":58473498247503,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":58473498280271,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Wood frame","offer_id":58473498313039,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":58473498345807,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":58473498378575,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ Wood frame","offer_id":58473498411343,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":58473498444111,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":58473498476879,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Wood frame","offer_id":58473498509647,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":58473498542415,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Animals-at-Pasture_Poster_CompositorV1_1786311650422.jpg?v=1786686254","url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.co.uk\/products\/animals-at-pasture-maxime-lalanne","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}