Portrait of Th. Agrippa d'Aubigné
1861–62
Medium
Etching in warm black from tin plate on grayish-ivory laid chine
Dimensions
Image: 12.2 × 10.2 cm (4 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Plate: 12.3 × 10.3 cm (4 7/8 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 18.6 × 15.9 cm (7 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63619
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...