Chevet de St. Martin-sur-Renelle (The Apsis of the Church of St. Martin-sur-Renelle)

1860

Charles Meryon after Polycles Langlois

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

Polycles Langlois

Artist After, French, 1814 - 1872

The image shows an architectural drawing of the chevet of St. Martin sur Renelle, a parish church. The drawing highlights the Gothic style of the church with high-arched windows and ornate tracery. Fine cross-hatching is used to depict shadows and textures on the church's stonework. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of sepia and brown. Cloud formations are included on the left side of the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.4 × 10.1 cm (6 1/16 × 4 in.)
    plate: 18.2 × 12.3 cm (7 3/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 32.5 cm (18 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6209

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 67, State iii/iii

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

"Polyclés Langlois 1837 C.M." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "31 Octobre 1860." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Mémoires de la Société del Antiquaires de Normandie T. XXIV." upper center margin, in plate. "Imp Delâtre Imp r. des Feuillantines, 4." lower left margin, in plate. "CHEVET / DE / St. Martin sur-Renelle / EGLISE PAROISSIALE / Supprimee en / 1791." lower center margin, in plate. "W. 83 LD 60 III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 4397" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "91" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "57" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "1182" verso, upper center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Haden" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

"HUDELiST"

Wikidata ID

Q65019253

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