Armes symboliques de la ville de Paris (Symbolical Arms of the City of Paris)

1854

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

This is a drawing of a coat of arms featuring a three-masted ship. The image depicts an ornate heraldic shield with a detailed illustration of a sailing ship in full sail, navigating across calm waters. Above the ship, there is a band decorated with multiple fleur-de-lis symbols. The top of the shield is crowned with an architectural design resembling a fortification or battlement. Flanking the shield, laurel branches are intertwined and tied together at the bottom. The entire composition is finely drawn, showing careful attention to detail and symmetrical arrangement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.8 × 11.1 cm (4 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
    plate: 16.8 × 14.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.8 × 16.2 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6158

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 36, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Philippe Burty [1930-1890], Pars, (Lugt 413); Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; Gottfried Eissler [1862-1924], Vienna, (Lugt 805b); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 November 1921, lot 856); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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

Not signed. Not dated. "13.33." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "T[illeg.]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "S.H" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 21I" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Haden" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 8212" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "42a" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "4" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q65019202

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