The Galliot of Jean de Vyl of Rotterdam
Charles Meryon
1850
Medium
Etching, engraving and roulette on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.9 × 11.5 cm (2 5/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 6.5 × 11.8 cm (2 9/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
95466
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...