The 'Pavillon de Mademoiselle' and Part of the Louvre
1849
Medium
Etching, drypoint and roulette on buff laid Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.4 × 24.7 cm (5 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Plate: 13.7 × 24.9 cm (5 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 22.8 × 40.1 cm (9 × 15 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47167
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...