The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris
1854
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory chine laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 16.1 × 30 cm (6 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Plate: 16.1 × 30 cm (6 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Primary support: 15.1 × 29.1 cm (6 × 11 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 30.4 × 44.7 cm (12 × 17 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
78838
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...