Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School, Paris)
1864
Publisher, French, 1813 - 1871
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 29.7 × 48.1 cm (11 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.5 × 53.5 cm (14 × 21 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3122
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 91, State xi/xii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Cortlandt F. Bishop [1870-1935], New York City, (Lugt 2770b); (sale, American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 19 November 1935, lot 141); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1945
Architectural Prints, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945, no cat.
1955
The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.
1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Collège Henri IV, or Lycée Napoléon, Paris.
2009
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010
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
(Charles Meryon's monogram) upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "1863-64" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp Pierron R. Montfaucon, 1." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Paris ROCHOUX Quai de l'Horloge, 19" lower left margin, in plate. "VUE A VOL D'OISEAU / DU / COLLÈGE HENRI IV OU LYCÉE NAPOLÉON / GRAND ET PETIT COLLÈGES, Avec les jardins qui en dependent et les constructions avoisinantes" lower center margin, in plate. "Prise de la lanterne...sujétions." lower center margin, in plate. "Paris Aout 1864" lower center margin, in plate. "L.D 43" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (Cortland F. Bishop collector's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 2770b).
Watermarks
"HUDELIST" "HALLINES"
Wikidata ID
Q64954393