The Face of Christ
1849
Medium
Etching with roulette on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.1 × 6.5 cm (3 1/4 × 2 9/16 in.); Plate: 10.6 × 8.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Primary support: 10.7 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 24.2 × 17.2 cm (9 9/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63593
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...