Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (Rebus: "Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta"), 1863

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

plate (cut to plate mark): 7.9 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 86, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.6188

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Pierron, French, active 1849-1866 (printer)

Image Use

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Inscription

"Meryon (Charles) Ier Jvr 1863." lower margin, black ink, artist's hand. "Au verso [illeg.] v. P." lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand. "MDCCCLXIII" center composition, in plate. "ANNEE" lower center composition, in plate. "REBUS" lower center margin, in plate. "C.M. fecit" lower right margin, in plate. "Pierron Imp. r. Montfaucon I." lower right margin, in plate. "73." upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "From the Jules Niel / + Thibaudeau collections" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. 315/46" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "A" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "LD 100 II" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. [French inscription] verso, black ink, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "B.M." (Bernard Buchanan Macgeorge collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "T" (unidentified collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2412).

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.