College Henri IV (ou Lycée Napoléon)
Charles Meryon
1863–64
Medium
Etching on laid paper; fifth state of eleven
Dimensions
plate: 11 3/4 x 19 in. (29.8 x 48.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous gift, 1917
Accession Number
17.69
Tags
Buildings
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...