Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris
Charles Meryon
1852
Medium
Etching on tan wove chine, hinged to ivory wove card
Dimensions
Image: 25 × 13 cm (9 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 25 × 13 cm (9 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 25.9 × 13.6 cm (10 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28815
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...