Pont-Neuf and the Samaritaine Seen from Under the First Arch of the Pont-au-Change, Paris
Charles Meryon
1855
Medium
Etching on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.9 × 18.4 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 20.2 cm (5 3/4 × 8 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 44.7 cm (12 13/16 × 17 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28791
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...