La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris (The Gallery of Notre Dame, Paris), 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

image: 27.5 × 16.2 cm (10 13/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
plate: 28.3 × 17.5 cm (11 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

sheet: 31.8 × 20.4 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 29, State iii/vi

Accession Number

1949.5.77

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon del. sculp 1853." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Rue Ne St Etienne-du-Mont 26" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "192" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "D-W 26 III of V" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "6" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

George M. La Monte [1863-1927] Bound Brook, NJ, (Lugt 1181c); Joseph H. Seaman [1865-1948]; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 1 December 1948, lot 130); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

La Monte, George M.
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Seaman, Joseph H.

Bibliography

1924: Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990: Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.