COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
MIA_.P.3,007
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
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Object Type:
Prints
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Prints
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Creator Name:
Mèryon Charles
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Mèryon Charles
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Creator Nationality:
France
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France
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1821 - 1868
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1821 - 1868
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
Charles Mèryon
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Charles Mèryon
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Creator Name:
Delâtre Auguste
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Delâtre Auguste
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
French
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French
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
Printer
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Printer
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1822 - 1907
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1822 - 1907
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Creator Name-CRT:
Auguste Delâtre
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Auguste Delâtre
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Creator Name:
Mèryon Charles
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Mèryon Charles
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
France
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France
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1821 - 1868
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1821 - 1868
Creator Dates/Places
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
Charles Mèryon
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Charles Mèryon
Creator Name-CRT
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Creator Name:
Delâtre Auguste
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Delâtre Auguste
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
French
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French
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
Printer
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Printer
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1822 - 1907
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1822 - 1907
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Auguste Delâtre
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Auguste Delâtre
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Title:
Le Styrge
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Le Styrge
Title
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View:
Front
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Front
View
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Creation Date:
1853
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1853
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1853
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1853
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1853
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1853
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Etching
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Etching
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Classification Term:
Print
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Print
Classification Term
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State:
5th state
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5th state
State
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Dimensions:
6 3/16 x 4 5/8 in. (15.72 x 11.75 cm) (plate)15 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (38.42 x 32.07 cm) (sheet)
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6 3/16 x 4 5/8 in. (15.72 x 11.75 cm) (plate)15 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (38.42 x 32.07 cm) (sheet)
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AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
P.3,007
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P.3,007
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The William M. Ladd CollectionGift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
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The William M. Ladd CollectionGift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
Inscribed:Inscription and watermarkInscription: [tiré par moi/ sur la presse de l'ami Mèryon/ Aug. Delâtre]
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Inscribed:Inscription and watermarkInscription: [tiré par moi/ sur la presse de l'ami Mèryon/ Aug. Delâtre]
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.cfm"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.cfm</a>
Rights
false
Context:
This print offers a close-up view of one of the stone gargoyles added during the restoration to the Cathedral of Notre Dame by the architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. For Meryon, this mostrous figure symbolized stupidity, cruelty, lust, and hypocrisy. On earlier states of this etching Meryon had written the couplet, "The insatiable Vampire, eternal lust forever coveting its food in the great city." This was eventually taken off the print for the final state, but an ominous presence of evil in the city still pervades this print. Figuring prominently in the background of the image is the recently refurbished square steeple of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. Meryon was said to have seen, "an enemy behind each battlement and arms through each loophole,' and to have expected "to have the boiling oil and the molten lead poured down." This particular sheet is annotated as a particularily fine impression by the master printer Auguste Delâtre, who pulled the work from Meryon's own press.
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This print offers a close-up view of one of the stone gargoyles added during the restoration to the Cathedral of Notre Dame by the architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. For Meryon, this mostrous figure symbolized stupidity, cruelty, lust, and hypocrisy. On earlier states of this etching Meryon had written the couplet, "The insatiable Vampire, eternal lust forever coveting its food in the great city." This was eventually taken off the print for the final state, but an ominous presence of evil in the city still pervades this print. Figuring prominently in the background of the image is the recently refurbished square steeple of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. Meryon was said to have seen, "an enemy behind each battlement and arms through each loophole,' and to have expected "to have the boiling oil and the molten lead poured down." This particular sheet is annotated as a particularily fine impression by the master printer Auguste Delâtre, who pulled the work from Meryon's own press.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.26320c.tif
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MIA_.26320c.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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