Présentation du Valère Maxime au Rois Louis XI (The Printer Valerius Maximus Being Presented to King Louis XI)

1860

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

The image shows a scene with multiple figures in a historical setting. In the center, a seated figure interacts with another person kneeling before them. Surrounding them are men wearing cloaks and hats. On the right side, a man with a robe and rod walks towards the seated figure, and a child holding a stick observes. The room has a patterned floor and stone-like walls with floral patterns. A doorway is visible in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.5 × 17 cm (5 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
    plate: 17.3 × 19.9 cm (6 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 22 × 31.2 cm (8 11/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6187

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 71, State i/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1893], London, (Lugt 2412); Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); 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

"[illeg.] initiales CM." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LD 94I" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "From the Jules Niel, Thibaudeau collectons / + Macgeorge" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "38" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "B25" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Wikidata ID

Q65019229

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