Rébus: "Béranger ne fut véritablement fort, car il n'eut jamais la clef des champs" (Rebus: "Beranger was not really strong, for he never had the key of the fields")
1863
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on D&C Blauw paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 29.1 × 12.5 cm (11 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
plate (cut to platemark): 30.9 × 15.4 cm (12 3/16 × 6 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6189
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 90, State iv/v
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
"C.M. fecit 1863" lower left composition, in plate. "Chez Rochoux Quai de l'Horage, 19" lower center composition, in plate. "Imp. Pierron r. Montfaucon, 1" lower right composition, in plate. "15 Fev / Monsier Niel / Je [illeg.] C. Meryon" center left composition, black ink, artist's hand. "En...appelle le" upper center composition, in plate. "CHANTS / RUSTIQUES et MARITIMES. / CHANTS NATIONAUX, CHANTS RELIGIEUX. / CHANTS GUERRIERS. / MARSEILLAISE.... / CHANTS POPULAIRES, ÉLYSEENS." lower center composition, in plate. "VIRGILE" lower left composition, in plate. "HOMERE" lower right composition, in plate.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
"[D&]C BLAUW"
Wikidata ID
Q65019231