Portrait of Pierre Nivelle, Bishop of Luçon
1861–62
Medium
Etching, from a tin plate, in warm black with some letters printed à la poupée in red ink, on grayish ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.8 × 10.8 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.8 × 10.8 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 16.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63610
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...