Regarding One of the Gargoyles of Nôtre-Dame, Paris
1853
Medium
Facsimile of a drawing on blue-green laid paper
Dimensions
image: 7 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (20 x 11.4 cm) sheet: 14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (37.1 x 24.8 cm)
Classification
Prints-Facsimiles
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1920
Accession Number
20.21.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...