La salle des pas-perdus à l'ancien Palais-de-Justice, Paris (The Antechamber of the Palace of Justice, Paris)
Charles Meryon
1855
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.3 × 43.7 cm (11 9/16 × 17 3/16 in.) sheet: 40.3 × 55.4 cm (15 7/8 × 21 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6677
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...