1866
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'ancien Louvre d'après une peinture de Zeeman, 1651 (The Old Louvre, from a Painting by Zeeman, 1651) is a 1866 ink by Charles Meryon, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a big, old building by a river. The building has tall windows and a fancy roof. In front of it, boats float on the water, and people are walking along the shore. The artist used lines to show every detail, like the waves and the clothes of the people. The sky looks stormy, with lots of swirling marks. This is made using etching, a technique where artists scratch into metal plates.
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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