Charles Meryon
The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris
1854
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 241 × 387 mm. (9 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)
Plate: 165 × 299 mm. (6 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
Image: 148 × 289 mm. (5 13/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 21 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.21
From the Pierre Lorillard collection - bought from Bendann in 1913
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "C. Meryon. del. sculp - mdcccliv - "; below image, lower right, in plate "Imp. Rue neuve St Etienne-du-Mont 26 - "; above image, upper left, in graphite "7(?)." Verso: center left in graphite "a58150"; center in graphite "[indecipherable symbol]"; center right in graphite "Fb(?)OX xv[underlined] [unknown symbol]"
Markings: CM: Conrad(?) (not in Lugt)
