College Henri IV, 1863

Not on View

Medium

graphite with red chalk additions on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 12.8 x 16 cm (5 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.6198

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"Grand dessin a une echelle un peu plus grande, complete / sur place / C.M. / 1863" upper composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "Study by C. Meryon / for details of his etching / College Henri IV / LD 43 / W 58 / (From the Burty collection) verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "6/1." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"PB" (Philipe Burty collector's stamp), upper right composition, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

Burty(L.2071), MacGeorge (L.394), LJR

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1945: Architectural Prints, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945, no cat.

1955: The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

Bibliography

1974: Burke, J., CM PRINTS & DRWGS., New Haven, CT: 1974, 76.