Tijdelijke voetgangersbrug op plaats van Pont-au-Change na de brand van 1621 in Parijs

About this artwork

Gepubliceerd in: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1 november 1860, tegenover p. 156. Kopie naar tekening toegeschreven aan Stefano della Bella, verblijfplaats onbekend (De Groot 1991, p. 70).

Art Historical Context

Step into 17th-century Paris with Charles Meryon's *Tijdelijke voetgangers op plaats van Pont-auChange na de brand van1621 in Parijs* (Temporary Pedestrian Bridge at the Site of Pont-au-Change after the 1621 Fire in), a delicate etching from 1860 This compact work (118 × 226 mm) captures a makeshift wooden bridge hastily erected over the Seine after the devastating fire that destroyed the historic Pont-au-Change, a vital medieval crossing linking the city's bustling right and left banks. Meryon, a master etcher renowned for his hauntingly precise views of old Paris in the *Eaux-Fortes sur Pari...

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...