Le Charlemagne (forêt de fontainebleau)

1861

Eugène Bléry

Artist, French, 1805 - 1887

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 48 x 61.9 cm (18 7/8 x 24 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 49.2 x 64.2 cm (19 3/8 x 25 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.52.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Béraldi, no. 114

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S. A., Paris); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 94

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: Bléry f. / 1861; lower left in plate: Bléry del sur nature; lower center in plate: Le Charlemagne (forêt de fontainebleau); lower right in plate: sculpt. aqua forti 1861; by later hand, lower left in graphite: B/14, Bnf16h; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Eau forte orginale de Eug Bléry / Epreuve avant le No.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 11030

Wikidata ID

Q76560525

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