Salomon and Cleopatra, c. 1890

Not on View

Medium

mezzotint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 19.6 × 30.5 cm (7 11/16 × 12 in.)

sheet: 23.5 × 35 cm (9 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Beraldi, no. undesc

Accession Number

2016.37.2

Artists / Makers

Henri-Charles Guérard (artist) French, 1846 - 1897

Image Use

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Inscription

below image in graphite: "Essai de Gravure a la manière noire 1er Etat tiré à 3 no. 2 H. Guérard; verso in graphite: [not deciphered]; lower left verso in graphite: 01.0.104

Marks and Labels

artist's gold studio stamp (Lugt 1157)

Provenance

(Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Armstrong Fine Art

Bibliography

1885: Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: no. undesc.

1975: Bertin, Claudie. Henri Guerard: L'oeuvre grave. Paris, 1975: no. 111, i/vi