Quai de Montebello

1865–1869

Charles Marville

Associated Names
Charles Marville

Artist, French, 1813 - 1879

The image shows a street scene with tall buildings lining a cobbled road in a European city. Signs on the buildings read "TABAC" and "DENTISTE." The road leads towards a row of diminishing buildings, with leafless trees in the background. The image is in sepia tones, suggesting an older time period. The buildings feature classic European architectural elements like mansard roofs and shuttered windows.

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Provenance

(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Jeffrey Hugh Newman, Newark, NJ, 25 September 2019; gift to NGA, 2022.

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Inscriptions

stamp embossed on mount: CH. MARVILLE / PHOTOGRAPHE / DES MUSÉES NATIONAUX / 75, RUE D’ENFEE / PARIS; by unknown hand, on lower right corner of mount in graphite: Quai de Montebello de la Tourelle 31; bottom left: R1131j;on verso, by unknown hand, lower left corner in graphite: 300409.0031; bottom center: PF45690

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