L'ancien Louvre d'après une peinture de Zeeman, 1651 (The Old Louvre, from a Painting by Zeeman, l651)
1866
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1866
graphite
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, l651) is a 1866 graphite by Charles Meryon, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a grand, old-style building by a river, with boats full of people in the water below. The building has tall windows, a sloped roof, and a busy courtyard where horses and carriages move around. The sky above is light and wavy, like soft clouds, while the river looks calm but crowded with small rowboats. The artist used a method called etching to create this detailed scene—lines made by scratching into metal plates. The tiny details in the boats and buildings show how carefully Meryon worked. Next, look up etching to see how artists make prints like this.
