Address-card of the printseller, Rochoux
Medium
Etching from two plates; first state of five
Dimensions
plate: 3 5/8 x 4 11/16in. (9.2 x 11.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.78.47
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 19th Parisian printmaking with *Address-card of the prints, Rochoux* (1855), a delicate etching created by Charles Meryon collaboration with Rochoux and printed by Auguste Delâtre. small-scale gem, measuring just 3 5/8 x 4 11/16 inches, served as a clever business card for the printseller Rochoux, commerce with artistry. Featuring lively vignettes of men, women, horses—likely evoking the bustling energy of mid-century France—it captures everyday life in a format both functional and finely wrought. Meryon, a master etcher renowned for his haunting views of Pari...
About the Artist
Charles Meryon|Rochoux|Auguste Delâtre · 1821–1868
Charles Meryon, born on November 23, 1821, in Paris, was the illegitimate son of English physician Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon and dancer Pierre-Narcisse Chaspoux (stage name Narcisse Gentil) at the Paris Opéra. His half-sister Fanny, from his mother's prior relationship with Viscount Lowther, remained in contact after their mother's death in 1838. Raised partly outside Paris before attending Pension...