Chateau de Chenonceau, 1re planche (The Chateau of Chenonceau, 1st plate), 1856

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 12 × 20.2 cm (4 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
plate: 13.4 × 21.8 cm (5 1/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 24 × 31.3 cm (9 7/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 61, State only

Accession Number

1958.8.109

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (artist after) French, 1520 - 1585/1586

Image Use

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Inscription

None.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Bernard B. MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Atherton Curtis [1863-1943], Paris, (Lugt 94); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.