The Vampire (Translation)
Le Stryge (Primary Title)
Eaux-fortes sur Paris (Set Title)
Charles Meryon, French, 1821 - 1868 (Artist)
This print illustrates a gargoyle that had recently been placed on the north tower of Notre Dame by the architect Viollet-le-Duc. Meryon’s interest in old Paris was also encouraged by his admiration for Victor Hugo’s Notre Dame de Paris. This state of this subject has the following lines inscribed in French underneath the image: “Insatiable vampire,/ Eternal Luxuria,/ Coveting the Great City/ As its feeding place.”
Inscribed in black ink (English translation): Insatiable vampire, eternal Lust / Forever coveting
its food in the great city.
Gift of Frank Raysor
A Celebration of Print: 500 Years of Graphic Art from the Frank Raysor Collection,
VMFA, January 29 - May 22, 2011
Remnants and Revivals: Architectural Etchings by Charles Meryon and John Taylor Arms, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, September 24, 2016 to February 13, 2017.
VMFA, January 29 - May 22, 2011
Remnants and Revivals: Architectural Etchings by Charles Meryon and John Taylor Arms, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, September 24, 2016 to February 13, 2017.
Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalog Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co, 1990.
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