L'abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris)

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.8 × 28.7 cm (5 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
    plate: 16.4 × 29.8 cm (6 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.9 × 39.1 cm (10 3/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 45, State iii/ix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1930 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

Not signed. Not dated. "L'Abside de Notre Dame de Paris." lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "W. 22. 1st state / LD +W 38III." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.19367" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.8221." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Cons 8619" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 19367" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.] / R / 7.75" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65071266

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