Le Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.5 x 33.5 cm (6 1/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 22 x 39.2 cm (8 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.35

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 40, State v/xii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1921 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York City; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

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.

Inscriptions

"C.Meryon del.sculp. mdcccliiii." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Rue. Neuve St.Etienne-du-Mont. 26." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "5238" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 34V" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.2345 / c.2819" lower left margin, graphite, unknonw hand. "c.6055" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

[illeg.]

Wikidata ID

Q65071263

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