Study for an arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink on cream wove tracing paper (discolored to tan), tipped onto buff wove paper
Dimensions
12.6 × 17 cm (5 × 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63984
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...