Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris (Church of St. Stephen of the Mount, Paris)

1852

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.5 × 12.8 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.7 × 19.1 cm (12 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 25, State iv/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hahlo & Co., New York); purchased 1914 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York City; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris.

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.

Inscriptions

"C.M." upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "St. Etienne du Mont. 1[illeg.] state W.+B." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "3" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "o.s-17" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "R di V" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "R[illeg.]" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65071233

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