Portrait of Casimir le Conte
Charles Meryon
1856
Medium
Etching on grayish ivory laid chine
Dimensions
Image: 34.3 × 25.6 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 34.3 × 25.6 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 40.3 × 32.5 cm (15 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63601
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...