Ancienne habitation à Bourges, dite "La Maison du Musicien" (An Old House at Bourges, Sometimes Called the "Musician's House")

1860

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 13.5 cm (9 1/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
    plate: 24.3 × 13.9 cm (9 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 × 19 cm (11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 70, State iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hahlo & Co., New York); purchased 1916 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York City; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

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

"CM." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "2784-420" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65071254

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