Rue des Chantres in Parijs
Charles Meryon
1862
Medium
etching
Dimensions
300; 146; 435; 279
About this artwork
Smalle straat Rue des Chantres met doorkijk op de neogotische vieringtoren van de Notre-Dame in Parijs. Meryon plaatste in deze staat een dolfijn op de torenspits.
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...