La Rue Pirouette aux halles, Paris (Pirouette Street, Near the Markets, Paris) — Charles Meryon

Charles Meryon

La Rue Pirouette aux halles, Paris (Pirouette Street, Near the Markets, Paris)

1860

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 12.8 × 9.8 cm (5 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.) plate: 15.5 × 11.6 cm (6 1/8 × 4 9/16 in.) sheet: 31.6 × 22.4 cm (12 7/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
Collection no.
1943.3.6676
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

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Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

La Rue Pirouette aux halles, Paris (Pirouette Street, Near the Markets, Paris) — Charles Meryon. 1860.

Medium: etching and drypoint on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 12.8 × 9.8 cm (5 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.) plate: 15.5 × 11.6 cm (6 1/8 × 4 9/16 in.) sheet: 31.6 × 22.4 cm (12 7/16 × 8 13/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.6676. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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