Chateau de Chenonceau, 2e planche (The Chateau of Chenonceau, 2nd plate)

1856

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.6 × 18.6 cm (4 9/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.9 × 36.8 cm (9 7/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6211

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 62, 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

"C. Meryon sculp. d'apres Ducerceau" center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "A. Delâtre Imp. Rue du Fg St Jacques No 81 Paris" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "CHENONCEAU." upper left composition, in plate. "LD 58III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "C4295" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "GS" lower right margin, brown ink, artist's hand. "25" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.] / ye" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019254

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