L'arche du Pont Notre-Dame, Paris (An Arch of the Notre-Dame Bridge, Paris)

1853

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.5 × 16.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
    plate: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (5 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 22.6 × 27.1 cm (8 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.34

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 28, State iv/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy & Co., New York); purchased 1917 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

"C. Meryon del. sculp. imp. Rue Ne. St. Etienne du Mont 26." lower left margin plate, artist's hand. "Paris 1853" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Le Pont Notre Dame" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a48758" verso, lower right sheet, black ink, unknown hand. "X" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65071261

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