DETAILS
- Artist
- Luc-Olivier Merson
- Date
- 1876
- Medium
- pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white gouache and graphite on paper
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Drawings
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
Stand in front of it and listen
The full narration walks you through Notre-Dame de Paris — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Luc-Olivier Merson
Luc-Olivier Merson, a French academic painter, was renowned for his mystical Gothic imagery and also designed postage stamps and banknotes.
KEEP EXPLORING
More works to explore
Beyond Merson: works from the same years.
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Cart with Red and White Ox
Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Kröller-Müller Museum
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Chariot Race
Léon-Victor Dupré · 1876 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
The Backgammon Players
Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1860s–1890s
View of Marly-le-Roi from Coeur-Volant
Alfred Sisley · 1876 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Beata Beatrix
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1877 · Birmingham Museums Trust
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin)
Edgar Degas · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene)
Paul Cézanne · 1875 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1860s–1890s
The Man with the Dog
Édouard Manet · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1860s–1890s
The Seine at Pont de Grenelle
Paul Gauguin · 1875 · Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Same era · 1860s–1890s
Woman at Her Toilette
Berthe Morisot · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago