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The gallery of Notre Dame
(La Galerie Notre Dame)
1853
- Medium
- etching
- Measurements
- 27.5 × 16.3 cm (image) 28.3 × 17.6 cm (plate) 30.0 × 18.5 cm (support)
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Delteil 26 iii; Wright 26 iii
- Edition
- 3rd state
- Inscription
- inscribed in ink : à Monsieur Niel son tout dévoué / C. Meryon
printed in ink below image l.l.: C. Meryon del. sculp. 1853
inscribed in ink on reverse: Galerie Notre Dame, à Paris
printed in ink below image l.r.: Imp. Rue Ne (e in superscript over . ) Se (e in superscript) Etienne-du-Mont 26
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: T (Lugt 2412: Alph. Wyatt-Thibaudeau) - Accession Number
- 2078-4
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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By the mid nineteenth century in France, many factors had contributed to a growing popular interest in the country’s cultural heritage, particularly that of the Middle Ages. Victor Hugo’s role was central in this: his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), first published in 1831, generated great interest in the history of France, the city of Paris and the cathedral itself. Hugo later praised Meryon’s etchings, stating, ‘The breath of immensity passes through all his works and makes his etchings more than pictures – [they are] visions.’ Meryon’s work was greatly appreciated by other commentators including Charles Baudelaire and the Goncourt brothers, the latter claiming Meryon captured the soul of the old city of Paris.
