Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (Rebus: "Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta")
1863
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate (cut to plate mark): 7.9 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.6188
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 86, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1893], London, (Lugt 2412); Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); 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
"Meryon (Charles) Ier Jvr 1863." lower margin, black ink, artist's hand. "Au verso [illeg.] v. P." lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand. "MDCCCLXIII" center composition, in plate. "ANNEE" lower center composition, in plate. "REBUS" lower center margin, in plate. "C.M. fecit" lower right margin, in plate. "Pierron Imp. r. Montfaucon I." lower right margin, in plate. "73." upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "From the Jules Niel / + Thibaudeau collections" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. 315/46" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "LD 100 II" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. [French inscription] verso, black ink, unknown hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "B.M." (Bernard Buchanan Macgeorge collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "T" (unidentified collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2412).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65019230