The Old Louvre, Paris, 1651
Charles Meryon
1865
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.4 × 26.7 cm (7 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Plate: 19.4 × 26.7 cm (7 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 32.6 × 45 cm (12 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63849
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...