1849
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Pavillion de Mlle. et une partie du Louvre is a 1849 ink by Charles Meryon, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy riverside scene with small boats full of people. On the shore, a large, old building with columns stands out—it looks like a palace or government building. Smaller houses and a bridge fill the background, while smoke rises from a chimney. The artist used fine lines to show every detail, like the waves in the water and the folds in the people’s clothes. This kind of careful drawing was common in etchings, where ink is pressed into metal plates. Check out the technique: etching to see how artists like this made their marks.
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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