Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change", probably c. 1854

Not on View

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 7.7 x 12.4 cm (3 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.6197

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "(a)" upper left composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "Study by C, Meryon / ? for Pont au Change ??" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "(from the Destailleur collection)" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius