Passerelle du Pont-au-Change, Paris, après l'Incendie de 1621 (Footbridge Temporarily Replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, after the Fire of 1621)

1860

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching printed chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.4 × 19.8 cm (3 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    plate: 12 × 23 cm (4 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.4 × 44.3 cm (12 3/8 × 17 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6675

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 65, State vi/xii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Cortlandt F. Bishop [1870-1935], New York City, (Lugt 2770b); 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." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "L.D. 50VI" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (Cortland F. Bishop collector's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 2770b).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019255

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