Portrait of Charles Meryon
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 in. × 8 3/8 in. (28 × 21.3 cm) Plate: 7 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (19.6 × 14.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Bella C. Landauer, 1925
Accession Number
26.28.74
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Portrait of Charles Mery* (1853), a etching that captures the intensity of its sitter through the delicate precision of printmaking. Created collaboratively by Félix Bracquem, Charles Meryon, and Alfred Salmon, this intimate portrait exemplifies the mid-19th-century fascination with etching as a medium for personal expression. Measuring just 11 by 8⅜ inches on the sheet, its compact scale invites close viewing, revealing the intricate lines and tonal depths achieved through acid-etched metal plates. Etching, an intaglio technique where artists draw through a waxy ground on a copper pl...
About the Artist
Félix Bracquemond|Charles Meryon|Alfred Salmon · 1833–1914
French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres