Rue de la Vieille lanterne [The Suicide of Gérard de Nerval], 1855

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Medium

lithograph on chine collé on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 51 × 35 cm (20 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

sheet: 59 × 43 cm (23 1/4 × 16 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Prouté Family in Honor of Andrew Robison

Catalogue Raisonné

Leblanc 1931, no. 69

Accession Number

2016.134.3

Artists / Makers

Gustave Doré (artist) French, 1832 - 1883

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: G Doré; lower right in image: L'éternité profonde / Souriait dans vos yeux / Flambeaux éteints du monde / Rallumez-vous aux cieux / G. N.

Provenance

The Prouté Family, Paris; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1931: Leblanc, Henri. Catalogue de l'oeuvre compet de Gustave Doré. Paris, 1931: no. 69.