Two Boats for "L'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris", probably c. 1854

Not on View

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 8.7 x 12.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.9318

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "10" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Two small Seine boats / (from the Burt, + Heywood / collections) / ? studies for details in L'Abside / or Pont au Change?" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"PB" (Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower right margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped three times, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (Bernard B. MacGeorge collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 394).

Provenance

Philippe Burty [1830-1890], Paris, (Lugt 2071); Bernard B. MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Burty, Philippe
MacGeorge, Bernard Buchanan
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius