Présentation du Valère Maxime au Rois Louis XI (The Printer Valerius Maximus Being Presented to King Louis XI)

1860

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.5 × 17 cm (5 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
    plate: 17.3 × 19.9 cm (6 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 22 × 31.2 cm (8 11/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6187

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 71, State i/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1893], London, (Lugt 2412); Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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

"[illeg.] initiales CM." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LD 94I" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "From the Jules Niel, Thibaudeau collectons / + Macgeorge" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "38" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "B25" lower right 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). "T" (unidentified collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2412).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019229

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