Charles Chaplin, Bertauts, and others
Le Bain
1860
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Mount: 318 x 420 mm. (12 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 231 x 344 mm. (9 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Image: 262 x 166 mm. (10 5/16 x 6 9/16 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
1996.48.10944
Sheet mounted to top mat with gilding by Masson.
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
Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du xix siècle (Paris: L. Conquet, 1885) vol. 4, p. 97, #67.
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: M. Le Garrec, 1930-ongoing) vol. 4, p. 287, #19.
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: M. Le Garrec, 1930-ongoing) vol. 4, p. 287, #19.
Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower right "Ch. Chaplin" Inscribed in stone: upper center "LE BAIN"; lower left "Ch. Chaplin pinx. et lith."; lower center "Timides et n'osant qu'a peine aux flots discrets / confier le trésor de leurs charmes secrets, / semblent en tressaillant dans leurs frayeurs extrêmes / craindre leurs propres yeux, et rougir d'elles mêmes, / tandis que, les suivant sous le cristal de l'eau, / un faune de feuillage entr'ouvre le rideau. / J. Delille"; lower right "Imp. Bertauts, Paris"
Markings: Stamp: lower center of mount "F.M." (F. Masson; Lugt 1031)
