Lunar Law
Charles Meryon
1856
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and colored washes, graphite, on etching
Dimensions
Overall: 7 13/16 x 10 1/16in. (19.9 x 25.6cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.75.49
Tags
Male NudesProfilesFemale Nudes
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...