La Galerie, Notre Dame, Paris
artist
Charles Meryon
(Paris, 1821 - 1868, Charenton-le-Pont)
Date1853
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumEtching on laid paper
Dimensions27.9 x 17.5 cm (11 x 6 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.4.o.86
eMuseum ID725909
EmbARK ObjectID14020
Original Number3.1.o.17
Previous NumberP17e87
TMS Source ID2854
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 130.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 32 (7 Apr. 1963), p. 2.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 32 (7 Apr. 1963), p. 2.
MarksNotesSigned and dated in plate (lower left): C. Meryon del. sculp. 1853
Inscribed (lower right): Impr. Rue N:Jc Etienne-du-Mont 26
Watermark: Unidentified symbol
Inscribed (lower right): Impr. Rue N:Jc Etienne-du-Mont 26
Watermark: Unidentified symbol
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from a London art dealer, Mr. Ward, in May 1887 for £ 7.15 with another Meryon etching, "Le Stryge" (museum no. 2.4.o.87), through scholar and critic, Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908).
