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Victor Hugo's celebrated 1831 novel <em>Notre-Dame de Paris </em>tells the story of Quasimodo, a disfigured orphan raised by the archdeacon of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Hugo's novel became an important influence on many artists and helped to define a poetic view of the medieval period and of Gothic architecture that lasted well into the second half of the century. This drawing by Luc-Olivier Merson was reproduced as a wood engraving in an illustrated tribute to Hugo published in 1881.
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Document identity
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166638
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Notre-Dame de Paris
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drawing
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166638
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drawing
title
Notre-Dame de Paris
description
Victor Hugo's celebrated 1831 novel <em>Notre-Dame de Paris </em>tells the story of Quasimodo, a disfigured orphan raised by the archdeacon of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Hugo's novel became an important influence on many artists and helped to define a poetic view of the medieval period and of Gothic architecture that lasted well into the second half of the century. This drawing by Luc-Olivier Merson was reproduced as a wood engraving in an illustrated tribute to Hugo published in 1881.
date
c. 1881
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79997171
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9567
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 32.6 x 21.7 cm (12 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
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France, 19th century
accession
2008.359
Source extras
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pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white gouache and graphite on paper
tombstone
Notre-Dame de Paris, c. 1881. Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846–1920). Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white gouache and graphite on paper; sheet: 32.6 x 21.7 cm (12 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.359
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description
light brown wove paper (a multi-ply board)
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower right, in black ink: Luc Olivier Merson; verso, lower center, in graphite: [S Fauti?] J [Dumoni?] 4; lower center, in graphite: [torchon?] / [illegible] Bristol blanc style ancien; lower center, in graphite: 56 - 42 Cadre
didYouKnow
After creating this drawing, Luc-Olivier Merson went on to illustrate an important 1889 edition of <em>Notre-Dame de Paris</em>, one of the major projects of his career.
citations
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 122-23, 143-44, no. 56; Reproduced: p. 123
citation
<em>Dessins et aquarelles du XIXe siècle. </em>Paris: Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes, 2021.
page_number
Reproduced: under no. 42
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Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:22.801000
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166638
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Drawings
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DR - French
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pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white gouache and graphite on paper
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male
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