Entrée du Couvent des Capucins français à Athenes (Entrance to the French Capuchin Convent at Athens), 1854

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 17.7 × 11.1 cm (6 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
plate: 19.1 × 12.4 cm (7 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.)

sheet: 23.5 × 15.2 cm (9 1/4 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 50, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.6208

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "15" [encircled] verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Theo Dewitt" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "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.