Porte d'un ancien couvent, Rue Mirabeau, à Bourges (Doorway of an Ancient Convent, in the Rue Mirabeau, Bourges)
1851
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on Japanese wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 16.8 × 11.1 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
sheet: 18.4 × 12.2 cm (7 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6210
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 21, State i/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Aglaüs Bouvenne [1829-1903], Paris, (Lugt 361); Philippe Burty [1830-1890], Paris, (Lugt 413); Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; Clendenin J. Ryan [1881-1939], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18 January 1940, lot 187); 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
Not signed. Not dated. "B. 55. W. 33." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Haden" verso, lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "66a" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
(Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower left margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 413). (Aglaüs Bouvenne collector's stamp) lower right margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 361). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65019236