Le Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.4 × 33.2 cm (6 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 18 × 35 cm (7 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6170

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 40, State i/xii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Mathey [1844-1929], Paris; Loys Delteil [1869-1927], Paris, (Lugt 773); (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 June - 15 1928, lot 317); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001.

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. "317" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "LD" (Loys Delteil collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 773).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019215

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