The Gallery of Notre-Dame, Paris
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Graphite, squared in red Conté crayon, on ivory laid paper edge-mounted to cream laid card
Dimensions
24.8 × 16.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28761
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...