Oud huis of Huis van de Muzikant in Bourges
Charles Meryon
1860
Medium
etching
Dimensions
139; 244
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso linksonder, gestempeld: Lugt 567
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...