View of Part of the City of Paris toward the Close of the XVII Century
Charles Meryon
1861
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.3 × 29.1 cm (5 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 32.7 cm (8 3/16 × 12 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
95467
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...