Chateau de Chenonceau, 2e planche (The Chateau of Chenonceau, 2nd plate), 1856

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 11.6 × 18.6 cm (4 9/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

sheet: 23.9 × 36.8 cm (9 7/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 62, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.6211

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (artist after) French, 1520 - 1585/1586

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon sculp. d'apres Ducerceau" center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "A. Delâtre Imp. Rue du Fg St Jacques No 81 Paris" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "CHENONCEAU." upper left composition, in plate. "LD 58III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "C4295" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "GS" lower right margin, brown ink, artist's hand. "25" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.] / ye" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

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.