Jean Besly

1861

Charles Meryon after Jaspar Isacsz

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Jaspar Isacsz

Artist After, Dutch, c. 1585-1654

The image shows a seated man from the waist up. He has pronounced facial features, including defined cheekbones, a long, narrow nose, short dark hair combed back, a trimmed beard, and wears a dark formal garment with a narrow pleated collar fastened with buttons and a bow around his waist. In the background, there is a shield-like emblem with symbols near his head. The text on the image identifies him as "Iean Besly" and includes the date "1861" at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on D&C Blauw laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 11 × 8.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
    plate: 14.6 × 12.2 cm (5 3/4 × 4 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.2 × 23.6 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6182

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 77, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

(Charles Meryon's monogram) upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "IEAN BESLY / 1861" lower center margin, in plate. "d'après I. ISAC" lower left margin, in plate. "Imp. A Beillet Q. de la Tournelle, 35." lower right margin, in plate. "176" upper left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 82 / IV" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(EE2540)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "HSL" (Jean-Louis-Henri Le Secq collector's tamp) verso, blue stamped ink, (Lugt 1336).

Watermarks

"D&C BLAUW"

Wikidata ID

Q65019250

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