Partie de la Cité vers la fin du XVIIe siècle (View of the City of Paris Towards the Close of the XVIIth Century)

1861

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

This print shows an urban landscape with buildings along a riverbank. A row of structures is visible across the water, with pointed roofs in varying heights. An architectural feature resembling a cathedral is partially visible above the roofs of the buildings to the left of center. The buildings appear to be made of stone and timber, depicted with thin, dark lines. Small boats are on the water at the bottom of the print, with people in them rowing or sailing. Smokestacks emit smoke into the light, cloudy sky. The background of the print is beige paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.9 × 28.9 cm (5 1/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
    plate: 15 × 32.5 cm (5 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.7 × 44.8 cm (11 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6674

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 73, State xi/xi

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

Not signed. Not dated. "Delâtre Imp. r des Feuillantines, 2 Paris" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. PARTIE DE LA CITE DE PARIS, VERS LA FIN DU XVIIIE SIECLE, SUR LA RIVE GAUCHE DE LA SIENE, ENTRE LE PONT NE DAME ET LE PONT AU CHANGE" lower margin, in plate. "N.B....figures." lower margin, in plate. "(Le dessin fait partie de la collection de Mr. Feuillantines)" lower right margin, in plate. "Chez ROCHOUX, Quai de l'Horloge, 19." lower center margin, in plate. "IXth State (EE2398)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"HUDELIST"

Wikidata ID

Q65019244

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