L'arche du Pont Notre-Dame, Paris (An Arch of the Notre-Dame Bridge, Paris), 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid green paper

Dimensions

image: 12.4 × 16.8 cm (4 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
plate: 15.1 × 19.5 cm (5 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

sheet: 15.9 × 20.4 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 28, State iv/vii

Accession Number

1943.3.6162

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon del. sculp. imp. Rue Ne. St. Etienne du Mont 26." lower left margin, in plate. artist's hand. "Paris 1853" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "7" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "W. 9 I / LD. 25 III" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "18" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "NHO 0" [0 is stricken] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "9814" verso, upper left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (George M. La Monte collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1181c).

Exhibition History

1945: Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 82.

1959: Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.

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.