The Old Louvre, Paris, 1651
Charles Meryon
1865
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.5 × 26.5 cm (6 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 26.7 cm (6 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 32.7 × 45.4 cm (12 7/8 × 17 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63846
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...