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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

Artist, French, 1815 - 1891

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.5 x 10.5 cm (2 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 16 x 24.5 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.92.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Félix Bracquemond (dedicated to him in handwritten inscription by Meissonier). (Eric G. Carlson, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower left: E M [Meissonier's monogram]; by the artist, lower right in graphite: a mon ami Bracquemond / EMeissonier; verso: by later hand, lower left in graphite: 00.0.22.

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q76345667

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