An Arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint on verdâtre (pale green) laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (6 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (6 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 24.2 cm (8 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35997
About the Artist
Charles Meryon · 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...