Portrait of René de Laudonnière Sablais (de Burdigale)
1861
Medium
Etching and drypoint with burnishing on grayish ivory laid chine, tipped onto ivory wove Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.3 × 10.7 cm (6 1/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Primary support: 15.7 × 11 cm (6 3/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 17.2 × 13.2 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28797
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...