Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

1815–1891 · France · Academic Art

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (21 February 1815 – 31 January 1891) was a French academic painter and sculptor. He became famous for his depictions of Napoleon and his military sieges and manoeuvres in paintings acclaimed both for the artist's mastery of fine detail and his assiduous craftsmanship. Wikipedia

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“1814, La Campagne de France”, 1862 — Musée d'Orsay
“1807, Friedland”, 1875 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The siege of Paris”, 1884 — Musée d'Orsay
“1805, Cuirassiers Before the Charge”, 1875 — Musée Condé
“The Brawl”, 1855 — Royal Collection
“Napoleon III at the battle of Solferino”, 1863 — Musée d'Orsay
“Josefa Manzanedo e Intentas de Mitjans, Second Marchioness of Manzanedo”, 1872 — Museo del Prado
“A Painter”, 1855 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“An Artist Showing his Work”, 1850 — Wallace Collection
“1814”, 1862 — Walters Art Museum
“Soldier Playing the Theorbo”, 1865 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“A General and His Aide-de-camp”, 1869 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The Card Players”, 1863 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The Out-Post”, 1880 — Art Institute of Chicago
“The Defense of Paris”, 1870–1871 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Portrait of the Artist”, 1889 — Musée d'Orsay
“Petit poste de Grand'Garde, 8e Hussards en 1803”, 1869 — Musée d'Orsay
“The Barricade, rue de la Mortellerie, June 1848”, 1850 — Louvre
“Young Man with a Book”, 1860s — Hermitage Museum
“Strolling Players” — Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust
“A Cavalier: Time of Louis XIII”, 1861 — Wallace Collection
“A Cavalier: Time of Louis XIV”, 1856 — Wallace Collection
“A Musketeer: Time of Louis XIII”, 1856 — Wallace Collection
“A Sentinel: Time of Louis XIII”, 1851 — Wallace Collection
“The Recital”, 1853 — Wallace Collection
“The Roadside Inn”, 1865 — Wallace Collection
“An Abbé”, 1855 — Ashmolean Museum
“The Portrait of a Sergeant”, 1874 — Hamburger Kunsthalle
“The Musician”, 1859 — Clark Art Institute
“Jules Pelletier”, 1867 — Clark Art Institute
“Man Reading”, 1851 — Clark Art Institute
“The Trumpet of 1807”
“The Sentry (La Vedette)”, 1890 — Princeton Art Museum
“Leland Stanford”, 1881 — Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
“Innocents and Card Sharpers”, 1861 — Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
“A Guard”, 1849 — National Gallery of Ireland
“The Bibliophile”, 1862 — National Gallery of Ireland
“A Song”, 1865 — National Gallery of Ireland
“Man in a Red Cloak”, 1867 — National Gallery of Ireland
“Punch”, 1860 — Wallace Collection

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

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