Le Petit Pont, Paris

1850

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.6 × 18.6 cm (10 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.4 × 19.3 cm (10 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6161

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 20, State ii/ix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max Blach [19th century], Vienna, (Lugt 261e); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1962

  • Installation during Fine Art Festival, American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1962, no cat.

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. "6-" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "Max Blach, Wien" (Max Blach collector's stamp) verso, brown stamped ink, (Lugt 261e).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019205

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