Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris (Church of St. Stephen of the Mount, Paris)
Charles Meryon
1852
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25 x 13 cm (9 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 24.2 cm (14 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1983.89.1
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...