Boats on River with Masts

Not on View

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 17.6 x 29.4 cm (6 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.6200

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon" lower right composition, brown ink, artist's hand. Not dated. "Seine barges / by C Meryon" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "(from the Burty + Heywood / collections)" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 1366/ K.406" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "3" verso, lower center sheet graphite, unknown hand. "K406" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c 1366" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Con 2544" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"PB" (Philippe Burty collector's stamp) upper right composition, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "BM" (Bernard MacGeorge collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 394).

Provenance

Philippe Burty [1830-1890], Paris, (Lugt 2071); Bernard B. MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1950: Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 87, repro.