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Le Pont-au-Change vers 1784

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Le Pont-au-Change vers 1784

Charles Meryon | Victor Jean Nicolle

1855

Medium

Etching; first state of six

Tags

Buildings Bridges Canals Boats Human Figures

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (12.5 × 23 cm) Plate: 5 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (13.4 × 23.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Anonymous Gift, 2012

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Charles Meryon

1821–1868 • France

He was a successful printmaker. He was the illegitimate son of an Englishman, Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon, and Narcisse Chaspoux, a dancer at the Paris Opéra. He was colorblind (unable to distinguish between red and green), as is apparent in his pastels. He suffered mental illness, and died in the famous insane asylum at Charenton (in a suburb of Paris). French artist. Comment on works: etcher

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