Artwork
La Rue des Chantres, Paris (Chantrey Street, Paris)
La Rue des Chantres, Paris (Chantrey Street, Paris) is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Charles Meryon. It dates from 1862 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:Not signed. Not dated. "54" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "MK 34037 / c8342 [stricken] c28675" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "LD.+W. 42 IV of 5" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "La Rue des Chantres" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2108" [erased] lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.18534" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "rep / 1/13/6" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
- Markings
- Marked:"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Artist & collection
Artist
Charles Meryon (sometimes Méryon, 23 November 1821 – 14 February 1868) was a French artist who worked almost entirely in etching, as he had colour blindness.
La rue des Quatre Vents
Tourelle, Rue de l'École de Médecine, 22, Paris
Rue des Marmousets (Quartier de la cite, vieux Paris)
Apse of St.-Didier, Avignon
House with a Turret, No. 22, rue de L'Ecole de Médecine, Paris, (called the Turret of Marat)
Eaux-Fortes sur le Vieux Paris: Ancienne école de médecine rue de la Bûcherie (Etchings of Old Paris: Former Medical School, rue de la Bucherie)
Rue Grenier sur l'eau, côté de la rue des Barres
La Rue Pirouette aux halles, Paris (Pirouette Street, Near the Markets, Paris)
Maison dite de la Reine Blanche, Rue de Marmousets
Rue des Marmousets (Old Paris)
Saint-Etienne-du-Mont
Chantrey Street, Paris