River Landscape with a Bridge; Monkey Paging through a Book, 1830/1835

Not on View

Medium

etching on wove paper (2 subjects on one plate with remarques, proof)

Dimensions

plate: 26.3 x 17.1 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

sheet: 29.7 x 21.1 cm (11 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Moreau 1869, no. 14

Accession Number

1999.47.1

Artists / Makers

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (artist) French, 1803 - 1860

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left, in graphite: DC; lower center in graphite: Singe feuillelant un gros livre, et paysage M.14 RRR; verso, lower right in graphite 97/200; neee; 312

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris (Lugt 421, lot 162 from the eighth sale of his collection, 5-6 November 1920); (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Beurdeley, Alfred
Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1869: Moreau, Adolphe. Decamps et son oeuvre. Paris: D. Jouaust, 1869.