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This is a drawing of a coat of arms featuring a three-masted ship. The image depicts an ornate heraldic shield with a detailed illustration of a sailing ship in full sail, navigating across calm waters. Above the ship, there is a band decorated with multiple fleur-de-lis symbols. The top of the shield is crowned with an architectural design resembling a fortification or battlement. Flanking the shield, laurel branches are intertwined and tied together at the bottom. The entire composition is finely drawn, showing careful attention to detail and symmetrical arrangement.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Armes symboliques de la ville de Paris (Symbolical Arms of the City of Paris)
Charles Meryon
- Date
- 1854
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- image: 10.8 × 11.1 cm (4 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.) plate: 16.8 × 14.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.) sheet: 18.8 × 16.2 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1943.3.6158
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- French
- plant
- Water
- Boat
- Building
Provenance
Philippe Burty [1930-1890], Pars, (Lugt 413); Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; Gottfried Eissler [1862-1924], Vienna, (Lugt 805b); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 November 1921, lot 856); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Inscription
Not signed. Not dated. "13.33." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "T[illeg.]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "S.H" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 21I" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Haden" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 8212" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "42a" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "4" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks
(Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower left margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 413). "GOTTFRIED EISSLER" (Gottfried Eissler collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 805b). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
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