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Charcoal-style drawing of a bearded man in an iron bed, looking aside, with a large dark shadow of a seated figure on the wall at left.

Charles Meryon in his madness, the night before his removal to the asylum of Charenton. Heliogravure after L. Flameng, 1858.

A bearded man lies propped in an iron bed under a rumpled white sheet and checked blanket, gazing off to the side while a large dark shadow of a seated figure looms across the wall at left. Rendered in heavy crayon strokes on a textured ground, this 1858 heliogravure after Léopold Flameng is titled Charles Meryon in his madness.

Artist
Léopold Flameng
Date
1858
Medium
Portrait prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2991 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1858.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Charles Meryon en su locura, antes de ser trasladado a Charenton

Un hombre barbudo yace recostado en una cama de hierro, bajo una sábana blanca arrugada y una manta a cuadros, mirando hacia un lado mientras una gran sombra oscura de una figura sentada se proyecta sobre la pared de la izquierda. Dibujado con trazos gruesos de crayón sobre un fondo texturizado, este heliograbado de 1858 según Léopold Flameng se titula Charles Meryon en su locura.

Português: Charles Meryon em sua loucura, antes de ser levado a Charenton

Um homem barbudo está recostado em uma cama de ferro, sob um lençol branco amarrotado e um cobertor xadrez, olhando para o lado enquanto uma grande sombra escura de uma figura sentada se projeta na parede à esquerda. Desenhado com traços grossos de giz sobre um fundo texturizado, este heliogravura de 1858 após Léopold Flameng intitula-se Charles Meryon em sua loucura.

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