Le stryge (The Vampire), 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 16.9 × 12.9 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 27 × 19.2 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 27, State v/x

Accession Number

1949.1.27

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

"CM" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C. Meryon del. sculp. / -MDCCCLIII-" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "A. Delâtremimp. rue de la bucherie.6." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Insatiable vampire l'éternelle Luxure / Sur la Grande Cité convoite sa pâture." lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "C.M" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Exhibition History

2009: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1924: Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990: Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.