L'abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris)

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.8 × 28.8 cm (5 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
    plate: 16.5 × 29.8 cm (6 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 × 34.1 cm (8 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6171

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 45, State iii/ix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; Thomas Tylston Greg [1858-1920], Chesire; Major J.H.W. Rennie [19th century]; Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 55.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 81.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 104.

1966

  • Art in the Making, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1966.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris.

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. "No 50. 1e termine -see note by Delatre at back" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "D4631-" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "4e ep. la plus belle que j'ai tirée / de cette planche. Aug Delâtre" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, Auguste Delâtre's hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

K[illeg.]

Wikidata ID

Q65019216

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