Monsieur Merlen
1861
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1861
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Monsieur Merlen is a 1861 by André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a man, Monsieur Merlen. He's dressed in formal clothes. The photo is small, mounted on card stock. It's a carte-de-visite, a type of photo that was popular back then. This type of photo was invented by the photographer who took this picture. You can learn more about the photographer who took this picture, artist: André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819–1889).
