The Sheep and the Flies
Charles Meryon
1849
Medium
Etching on grayish tan laid China paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Dimensions
Image: 6.6 × 9.8 cm (2 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 9.5 × 12.5 cm (3 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63646
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...