Le Pont-au-Change, Paris, vers 1784

1855

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

Charles Meryon after Victor Jean Nicolle

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.3 × 22.3 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
    plate: 13.5 × 23.6 cm (5 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.3 × 35.8 cm (11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6679

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 52, State vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

"C. Meryon sculp. mdccclv d'apres un dessin de Nicolle tiré du cabinet de Monsieur Destailleur, architecte ano / Le Pont au Change, vers 1784." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "A Delâtre Imp. rue du Fg. St Jacques No 81" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "C. Meryon / LD + W 47VI Le Pont au Change, vers 1784" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c15081" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019257

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