Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 550,000+ artworks, 51,000+ artists, and 810+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Let the pure soul groan... by Charles Meryon — VisualArtsDB

Let the pure soul groan...

Let the pure soul groan...

1854

Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 7 × 3.6 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Plate: 7 × 3.6 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Sheet: 11.1 × 7.5 cm (4 3/8 × 3 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

printprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)

More by Charles Meryon

Pont-au-Change, Paris

Pont-au-Change, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1854

View of Part of the City of Paris toward the Close of the XVII Century

View of Part of the City of Paris toward the Close of the XVII Century

Charles Meryon, 1861

Pont-Neuf, Paris

Pont-Neuf, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1853

La galerie Notre-Dame

La galerie Notre-Dame

Charles Meryon, 1841

Pont-au-Change, Paris

Pont-au-Change, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1854

Molière's Tomb, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris and the Old Gate of the Palais de Justice, Paris

Molière's Tomb, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris and the Old Gate of the Palais de Justice, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1854

The Mortuary, Paris

The Mortuary, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1854

Verses Dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No. 1

Verses Dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No. 1

Charles Meryon, 1854

Charles Meryon Autographed Letter

Charles Meryon Autographed Letter

Charles Meryon, 1854

The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1854

Diagrammatic sketch of building

Diagrammatic sketch of building

Charles Meryon, 1841

The Admiralty, Paris

The Admiralty, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1865