Study for Le Pont-au-Change (Pont-au-Change, Paris)
Charles Meryon
1854
Medium
Graphite on transparent tissue paper, tipped on four corners to ivory wove paper
Dimensions
13.5 × 25.2 cm (5 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63977
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...