Object details
Accession number
2.4.o.87
Primary Creator
Charles Meryon
(Paris, 1821 - 1868, Charenton-le-Pont)
Full title
Le Stryge (The Vampire)
Creation Date
1853
State
V/X
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from a London art dealer, Mr. Ward, in May 1887 for £ 11.15 with another Meryon etching, "La Galerie, Notre Dame, Paris" (museum no. 2.4.o.86), through scholar and critic, Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908).
Marks
Signed and dated (lower left): C. Meryon del. sculp - MDCCCIII (sic)
Inscribed (lower right): A. Delatre, imp., Rue del la Bougherie 6.
Dimensions
15.5 x 11.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Etching
Dimension Notes
Plate: 16.83 x 12.7 cm (6 5/8 x 5 in.)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 131.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 32 (7 Apr. 1963), p. 2.
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