1862
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud is a 1862 by Charles Meryon, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a fancy frame packed with tiny drawings and words. Scrolls, books, and tools fill the edges like a busy border. In the center, there’s an empty space shaped like a window or a mirror. The bottom has symbols, numbers, and a few small images—like a clock, a compass, and a key. The words on the scrolls are in French, and some look like virtues or rules. The empty middle might have held a portrait, but it’s gone here. The whole thing feels like a puzzle of ideas, all squeezed into one frame. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see this print in person.
Charles Meryon (sometimes Méryon, 23 November 1821 – 14 February 1868) was a French artist who worked almost entirely in etching, as he had colour blindness.
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