La brebis et les deux agneaux (after van de Velde) and Pêcheurs de la mer du Sud (after Zeeman) (Primary Title)

Charles Meryon, French, 1821 - 1868 (Artist)
After, Adriaen van de Velde, Dutch, 1636 - 1672 (Artist)
After, Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Dutch, ca. 1623–1664 (Artist)

1861
French
Prints
Works On Paper
etching printed in dark brown ink on wove paper
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (32.07 × 24.29 cm)
Plate (Pêcheurs de la mer du Sud): 2 11/16 × 4 5/8 in. (6.83 × 11.75 cm)
Plate (La brebis et les deux agneaux): 3 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (7.94 × 10.48 cm)
2014.497
Not on view
Collectors mark of C. W. Dowdeswell (Lugt 690) on verso (stamped twice).
Printed beneath upper plate (Pêcheurs de la mer du Sud), lower left: "C. Meryon"; lower right: "d'apres Zeeman". Printed beneath lower plate "La brebis et les deux agneaux", lower left: "4"; lower right: "Paris Imp Delâtre". Inscribed in graphite, beneath upper plate: "D. 15"; beneath lower plate: "D8."; lower left corner: "2161", "2.12.6", "74" and "Long"
Gift of Frank Raysor
Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalog Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co, 1990.
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