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- Title
- Portrait of Charles Meryon on his sick bed.
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- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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- Te Papa Collections Online
- Description
Léopold Flameng (1831-1913) was born in Brussels, though his parents were French. His first artistic studies were with Luigi Calamatta and Jean Gigoux. His skill as engraver was noticed by Charles Blanc and his collaboration in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts with fellow engraver Léon Gaucherel helped ensure the publication's reputation. He eventually provided one hundred illustrations. He was a medallist at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1878) and was elected a member of the Académie des Beau...
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- Image
- Date created
- 1858
- Creator
- Léopold Flameng
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- https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/37579
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- people / men / Sick persons / Beards / Beds / Artists / Poor persons / Mentally ill persons / Charles Meryon / paper / ink / prints / photogravures / portraits / works on paper / photogravure / French / France / Sir John Ilott
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