Rébus: "Béranger ne fut véritablement fort, car il n'eut jamais la clef des champs" (Rebus: "Beranger was not really strong, for he never had the key of the fields"), 1863

Not on View

Medium

etching on D&C Blauw paper

Dimensions

image: 29.1 × 12.5 cm (11 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
plate (cut to platemark): 30.9 × 15.4 cm (12 3/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 90, State iv/v

Accession Number

1943.3.6189

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Pierron, French, active 1849-1866 (printer)

Image Use

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Inscription

"C.M. fecit 1863" lower left composition, in plate. "Chez Rochoux Quai de l'Horage, 19" lower center composition, in plate. "Imp. Pierron r. Montfaucon, 1" lower right composition, in plate. "15 Fev / Monsier Niel / Je [illeg.] C. Meryon" center left composition, black ink, artist's hand. "En...appelle le" upper center composition, in plate. "CHANTS / RUSTIQUES et MARITIMES. / CHANTS NATIONAUX, CHANTS RELIGIEUX. / CHANTS GUERRIERS. / MARSEILLAISE.... / CHANTS POPULAIRES, ÉLYSEENS." lower center composition, in plate. "VIRGILE" lower left composition, in plate. "HOMERE" lower right composition, in plate.

Marks and Labels

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

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.