Porte d'un ancien couvent, Rue Mirabeau, à Bourges (Doorway of an Ancient Convent, in the Rue Mirabeau, Bourges), 1851

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Medium

etching and drypoint on Japanese wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 16.8 × 11.1 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/8 in.)

sheet: 18.4 × 12.2 cm (7 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 21, State i/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.6210

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "B. 55. W. 33." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Haden" verso, lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "66a" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

(Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower left margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 413). (Aglaüs Bouvenne collector's stamp) lower right margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 361). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Aglaüs Bouvenne [1829-1903], Paris, (Lugt 361); Philippe Burty [1830-1890], Paris, (Lugt 413); Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; Clendenin J. Ryan [1881-1939], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18 January 1940, lot 187); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bouvenne, Aglaüs
Burty, Philippe
Haden, Francis Seymour
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Ryan, Clendenin J.

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.