La Rue Pirouette aux halles, Paris (Pirouette Street, Near the Markets, Paris)
1860
Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 12.8 × 9.8 cm (5 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.) plate: 15.5 × 11.6 cm (6 1/8 × 4 9/16 in.) sheet: 31.6 × 22.4 cm (12 7/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6676
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...