Metamorphoses of the Day: A Conventional Marriage

1829

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville

Artist, French, 1803 - 1847

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 x 31.9 cm (10 x 12 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 57.

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 57.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate, in pool of water: J. Grandville; lower right in plate, beneath flowers: Lith. de Langlumé.; lower center in plate: Un marriage suivant les lois.; lower right in plate: chez Bulla, rue St. Jacques, No.38 / et chez Martinet rue du Coq.; upper center in plate: Les Métamorphoses du Jour; upper right in plate: No.61.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 10 1/2 x 6 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q75119169

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