Le stryge (The Vampire)

1853

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Japanese laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.1 × 12.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 21 × 15.6 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6160

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 27, State v/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clendenin J. Ryan [1881-1939], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18 January 1940, lot 169); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to 11 venues (California Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN; and Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN), 1950-1952, no cat.

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.

Inscriptions

"CM" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C. Meryon del. sculp. / MDCCCLIII" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "A. Delâtre imp. rue de la bucherie. 6." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Insatiable vampire l'éternelle Luxure / Sur la Grande Cité convoite sa pâture." lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "C.M." lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "L.D. 23 IV" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019204

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