Charles MeryonFrance, 1821–1868The Morgue
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, États-Unis
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The Paris morgue was built in 1568 and stood on the south side of the Ile de la Cité along the small arm of the Seine. It was here that bodies of unknown persons who had drown or met with accidental death in the streets were laid on sloping marble tablets and displayed for three days. Relatives could come claim the bodies of their loved ones, or if unclaimed, the bodies were sent to the medical school for dissection. However, family members were not the only ones who came to view the bodies and the morgue became an unlikely tourist attraction. Meryon captures the morbid curiosity of this site in this print. His scene includes a body being pulled from the river witnessed by both weeping relatives and curious onlookers.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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- Numéro d’inventaire
- P.12, 758
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- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image : Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
