Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School, Paris)
1864
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
image: 22 × 41.2 cm (8 11/16 × 16 1/4 in.)
plate: 29.7 × 48.2 cm (11 11/16 × 19 in.)
sheet: 35.4 × 53.5 cm (13 15/16 × 21 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6146
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 91, State v/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 139); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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 center 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. ROUCHOUX Quai de l'Horloge. 19" lower left margin, in plate. "COLLÉGE HENRI IV, OU LYCÉE NAPOLÉON, AVEC SES DÉPENDANCES ET CONSTRUCTION VOISINES" lower right margin, in plate. "Cette...entreprises" lower right margin, in plate. " Paris, ce 15 Janvier 1864." lower right margin, in plate. "plus 10 de celui-ci." lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand. "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 mark) verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 2770b).
Watermarks
"HALLINES" "HUDELIST"
Wikidata ID
Q65019192