Portrait of Charles Meryon, in profile
Bracquemond's second portrait of Meryon clearly indicated the subject's important position within the history of etching. The work drew upon the artistic tradition of medallion portraiture (17.190.449; 49.20.4), typically used to represent subjects of noble or elite status, to symbolically commemorate the elder printmaker. A verse inscribed at bottom center in this state of the print—describing "the grotesque face of the somber Meryon—paid further tribute to the artist, who often included poetic lines of his own composition on some states of his prints.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Charles Meryon, in profile
- Series/Portfolio: Etchings of Paris
- Artist: Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres)
- Etcher: Text etched by Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868)
- Sitter: Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868)
- Former Attribution: Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868)
- Date: 1854
- Medium: Etching; second state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 1/16 in. (25 × 15.4 cm)
Plate: 4 3/4 × 3 7/16 in. (12 × 8.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.78.60
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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