L'arche du Pont Notre-Dame, Paris (An Arch of the Notre-Dame Bridge, Paris)
1853
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid green paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 12.4 × 16.8 cm (4 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
plate: 15.1 × 19.5 cm (5 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 15.9 × 20.4 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6162
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 28, State iv/vii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
George M. La Monte [1863-1927], Bound Brook, NJ, (Lugt 1181c); (sale, American Art Association, New York, 4 April 1928, lot 156); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1945
Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 82.
1959
Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.
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
"C. Meryon del. sculp. imp. Rue Ne. St. Etienne du Mont 26." lower left margin, in plate. artist's hand. "Paris 1853" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "7" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "W. 9 I / LD. 25 III" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "18" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "NHO 0" [0 is stricken] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "9814" verso, upper left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (George M. La Monte collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1181c).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65019206