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Christopher Columbus

Louis Joseph Ghemar, Joseph Lies, Bertauts

Christopher Columbus

1849-1859

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Louis Joseph Ghemar, Joseph Lies, Bertauts

Christopher Columbus

1849-1859

Physical Qualities Lithograph on chine collé, Sheet: 236 × 276 mm. (9 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.) Image: 147 × 181 mm. (5 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.2116
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts

Inscribed: above image, center, on stone "L'ARTISTE"; below image, lower left, on stone "Lies pinx"; below image, lower center, on stone "Imp Bertauts Paris"; below image, lower center, on stone "CHRISTOPHE COLOMB."; below image, lower right, on stone "Ghemar lith."

Markings: CM: L'Artiste (Lugt 35)

Artist

Louis Joseph Ghemar

French, 1820 - 1873
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Artist

Joseph Lies

Belgian, 1821 - 1865
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Printer

Bertauts

operated c. 1830 - c. 1860
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