Le tombeau de Molière, au Père-Lachaise, Paris (Moliere's Tomb, in Père-Lachaise Cemetary, Paris)

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.6 × 7 cm (2 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 50 × 32.1 cm (19 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6173

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 34, State A, i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Barrion [1842-1903], Bressuire, France, (Lugt 76); Cortlandt F. Bishop [1870-1935], New York City, (Lugt 2770b); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1964

  • Old Master Prints from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, organized by the Smithsonian Travelling Exhibitions Service, toured to Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN; University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA; University of Southern California, Los Angeles; University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH; Dullin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN; Atlanta Art Association, GA; York Junior College Gallery, York, PA; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Hill School, Pottstown, PA; Milwaukee Art Center, WI; and Western Washington State College. Bellingham, WA, 1964-1966, no. 40.

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. / ft. MDCCCLIV." lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. R. Ne St. Etienne / du Mont. No26." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "MOLIERE" upper center composition, in plate, artist's hand. "No: 15 - "Le Tombeau de Molière" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LD 40" upper left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "333" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 40 / 2e Etat" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"AB" (Alfred Barrion collector's stamp) lower right margin, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 76). (Cortland F. Bishop collector's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 2770b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

[illeg.]

Wikidata ID

Q65019218

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