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This is a drawing of a coat of arms featuring a sailing ship, with the ship in full sail navigating calm waters. There are fleur-de-lis symbols in the background, and a stylized crown or battlement on top. Two stylized olive or laurel branches surround the central shield, tied together at the base. The drawing is intricately detailed with fine lines.
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
- plate: 13.6 × 11.1 cm (5 3/8 × 4 3/8 in.) sheet: 17.5 × 14.4 cm (6 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1943.3.6159
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- French
- plant
- Castle
- Ship
- Water
- Shield
Provenance
Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Inscription
"C. Meryon. ft." lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "MDCCCLIV" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp Rue Ne St. Etienne du Mont. 26." lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Arms of Paris" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 21 III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.11328" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Marks
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[crown with shield] "HP"
NGA object ID 9091. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.