Pont-Neuf, Paris
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.4 × 16.8 cm (6 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.); Plate: 18.3 × 18.3 cm (7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 23 × 24 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
16989
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...