Jean Besly, 1861

Not on View

Medium

etching on D&C Blauw laid paper

Dimensions

image: 11 × 8.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
plate: 14.6 × 12.2 cm (5 3/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

sheet: 31.2 × 23.6 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 77, State iv/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.6182

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Jaspar Isacsz (artist after) Dutch, c. 1585-1654

Image Use

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Inscription

(Charles Meryon's monogram) upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "IEAN BESLY / 1861" lower center margin, in plate. "d'après I. ISAC" lower left margin, in plate. "Imp. A Beillet Q. de la Tournelle, 35." lower right margin, in plate. "176" upper left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 82 / IV" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(EE2540)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. "HSL" (Jean-Louis-Henri Le Secq collector's tamp) verso, blue stamped ink, (Lugt 1336).

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.