La Rue des Chantres, Paris (Chantrey Street, Paris)

1862

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.5 × 12 cm (11 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
    plate: 29.9 × 15.8 cm (11 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 51.1 × 33.7 cm (20 1/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6175

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 85, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clendenin J. Ryan [1881-1939], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18 January 1940, lot 184); 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. "54" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 34037 / c8342 [stricken] c28675" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LD.+W. 42 IV of 5" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "La Rue des Chantres" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2108" [erased] lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.18534" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "rep / 1/13/6" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"ARCHES"

Wikidata ID

Q65019220

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