La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris (The Gallery of Notre Dame, Paris), 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 28.1 × 17.5 cm (11 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

sheet: 38.2 × 26.8 cm (15 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 29, State iii/vi

Accession Number

1949.1.36

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon, del. sculp. 1853." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Rue Ne. St. Etienne-du-Mont 26" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Galerie Notre-Dame." lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c12866" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.4438 / c. 4918" lower left margin, graphite, unknown 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.