Armes symboliques de la ville de Paris (Symbolical Arms of the City of Paris)
1854
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 10.8 × 11.1 cm (4 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
plate: 16.8 × 14.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
sheet: 18.8 × 16.2 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6158
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 36, State i/v
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Philippe Burty [1930-1890], Pars, (Lugt 413); Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; Gottfried Eissler [1862-1924], Vienna, (Lugt 805b); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 November 1921, lot 856); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
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. "13.33." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "T[illeg.]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "S.H" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 21I" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Haden" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 8212" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "42a" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "4" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
(Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower left margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 413). "GOTTFRIED EISSLER" (Gottfried Eissler collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 805b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65019202