Art, literature & historyThe Death of the Vagabond
1855–77
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching, aquatint and drypoint on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 53.8 × 38.1 cm (21 3/16 × 15 in.); Plate: 55.6 × 39.1 cm (21 15/16 × 15 7/16 in.); Sheet: 61.3 × 46.5 cm (24 3/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1945.425
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Death of the Vagabond — Alphonse Legros. 1855–77.
Medium: Etching, aquatint and drypoint on cream wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 53.8 × 38.1 cm (21 3/16 × 15 in.); Plate: 55.6 × 39.1 cm (21 15/16 × 15 7/16 in.); Sheet: 61.3 × 46.5 cm (24 3/16 × 18 5/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.