La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris (The Gallery of Notre Dame, Paris)
1853
Medium
etching on green laid paper
Dimensions
image: 27.5 × 16.2 cm (10 13/16 × 6 3/8 in.) plate: 28.3 × 17.5 cm (11 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 31.8 × 20.4 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1949.5.77
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...