L'ancien Louvre d'après une peinture de Zeeman, 1651 (The Old Louvre, from a Painting by Zeeman, 1651)

1866

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paepr

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 14 × 24.6 cm (5 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.)
    plate: 16.7 × 27 cm (6 9/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.2 × 50.7 cm (14 1/4 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6671

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 96, State vii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

"Gravé par C.M. 1866." lower right margin, in plate. "Peint par R. Zeeman." lower left margin, in plate. "VUE DE L'ANCIEN LOUVRE DU COTE DE LA SEINE (165..) / Chalcographie Imp.le du Louvre." lower center margin, in plate. "c.17564" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LD. 53 VI" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (Chalcographie du Louvre stamp) lower center margin, blind stamp, (Lugt 1695).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019241

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