Rue des Rosiers À Montmartre
- Catalogue number
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SO 0051
- Artist
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Charles Beauverie
- Printer
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Imprimerie Delâtre
- Date
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1875
- Medium
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Etching
- Dimensions [to plate mark]
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315 x 240 mm
Subject
The depicted scene is the Rue des Rosiers in Montmartre (not to be confused with the better-known street of the same name in the Marais). Rue des Rosiers was a significant location for the French artillery during the Siege of Paris but was subsequently partially erased by the construction of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in the late 1870s. The remaining section became part of the Rue du Chavalier de la Barre. The subject is obscure; The details of the scene suggest that the action was contemporary but the atmosphere seems romantically nostalgic. A well-dressed woman leaves an address on the empty street in order to meet a waiting coach; her manner suggests some secrecy or subterfuge in involved.
History
Purchased online at auction in a lot of six etchings published by Cadart & Luquet from Dukes Avenue Auctions, Dorchester on 8 July 2025
