La salle des pas-perdus à l'ancien Palais-de-Justice, Paris (The Antechamber of the Palace of Justice, Paris)
1855
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 29.3 × 43.7 cm (11 9/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
sheet: 40.3 × 55.4 cm (15 7/8 × 21 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6677
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 51, State iii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Prints and Drawings Relating to Lawyers and the Law, organized for the 54th annual Convention of the American Bar Association, Atlantic City Auditorium, 1931, no. 139, repro.
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'après la pièce originale de Ducerceau, due à l'obligeance de Monsieur DeStailleur, architecte" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Paris, M.D.CCC.LV." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Vue de la Grande Salle du Palais avant l'incendie de 1618...épreuve d'Artiste...il n'en existe qui huit carni" lower margin, graphite, artist's hand. "1er. Etat avec l'enscription et [illeg] la [illeg.] coupée au las de trait carré" lower margin, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.] de 2e cloud en 1876 un frame a [illeg.]" lower margin, graphite, unknown hand. "D-W 48 III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "17-76" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A. 1636" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "100.-" lower right margin, 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
Q65019246