Ancienne porte du Palais de Justice, Paris (Old Gate of the Palace of Justice, Paris)
Charles Meryon
1854
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8.8 × 8.6 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/8 in.) sheet: 13 × 12.4 cm (5 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Harold Ober
Accession Number
1968.9.1
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...