Tourelle, Rue de l'École de Médecine, 22, Paris (House with a Turret, No. 22, Street of the School of Medecine, Paris)

1861

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18 × 10.1 cm (7 1/16 × 4 in.)
    plate: 21.1 × 12.8 cm (8 5/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 32.8 × 21.4 cm (12 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6174

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 72, State iii/xiv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

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

(Charles Meryon monogram) upper center composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "épreuve d'essai, ciel blanc" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "LD. 41 III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "6" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "9" center right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "55" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "No 66" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, artist's hand. "Epreuve d'essai Ciel blanc" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, artist's hand. "C.B. 53" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019219

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