The Old Louvre, Paris, after Zeeman
Medium
Etching on laid paper; fifth state of seven (Schneiderman)
Dimensions
plate: 6 9/16 x 10 1/2 in. (16.7 x 26.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
Accession Number
67.630.23
Tags
About the Artist
Charles Meryon|Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · 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...