Le Grand Chatelet, Paris, vers 1780 (The Grand Chatelet, Paris, about 1780), 1861

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Medium

etching and drypoint on D&C Blauw laid paper

Dimensions

image: 17.5 × 24.9 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
plate: 23.3 × 29.7 cm (9 3/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 36.4 × 50.6 cm (14 5/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 74, State iv/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.6673

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Pierron, French, active 1849-1866 (printer)

Image Use

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Inscription

"C.M. sculp. 1861" lower left margin, in plate. "Pierron Imp. r. Montfaucon 1" lower right margin, in plate. "LE GRAND-CHATELET / A PARIS / d'après un dessin exécuté vers 1780, qui fait partie de la collection de Mr. Bérard" lower center marfin, in plate. "I D-W 52III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(EE 2241) lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A[illeg.] D[illeg.]" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.