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Old Gate of the Palais de Justice

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Old Gate of the Palais de Justice

1854

Medium

Etching and drypoint; second state of two

Tags

Buildings Gates

Dimensions

sheet: 6 5/16 x 5 3/4 in. (16 x 14.6 cm) plate: 3 7/16 x 3 3/8 in. (8.8 x 8.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

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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