Rue de la Vieille lanterne (The Suicide of Gérard de Nerval)

1855

Gustave Doré

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

Gustave Doré

Attributed to

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Prouté Family in Honor of Andrew Robison

  • Dimensions

    image: 51 × 35 cm (20 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 58.9 × 42.9 cm (23 3/16 × 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.134.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leblanc 1931, no. 69


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Prouté Family, Paris; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1931

  • Leblanc, Henri. Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Gustave Doré. Paris, 1931: no. 69.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: G Doré; lower right in image: L'éternité profonde / Souriait dans vos yeux / Flambeaux éteints du monde / Rallumez-vous aux cieux / G. N.

Markings

[blue rhombus with "DD"], verso lower right.

Watermarks

none.

Wikidata ID

Q77258740

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