Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

French, 1815 - 1891

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French painter and sculptor (1815-1891)

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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Horseman in a Storm, model c. 1878, cast after 1894, bronze, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1980.44.10

Horseman in a Storm

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · model c. 1878, cast after 1894 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1980.44.10

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, A French Hussar, c. 1865, graphite on wove paper, laid down, Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp, 2004.166.28

A French Hussar

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · c. 1865 · graphite on wove paper, laid down ·  Accession ID  2004.166.28

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Woman with a Tambourine (verso), c. 1860, pen and brown ink on wove paper, Gift of Athena Tacha and Richard Spear, 2004.152.1.b

Woman with a Tambourine (verso)

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · c. 1860 · pen and brown ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2004.152.1.b

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, The Herald of Murcia and Other Studies (recto), c. 1860, pen and brown ink on wove paper, Gift of Athena Tacha and Richard Spear, 2004.152.1.a

The Herald of Murcia and Other Studies (recto)

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · c. 1860 · pen and brown ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2004.152.1.a

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Les Amateurs, drypoint on wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2002.92.1

Les Amateurs

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · · drypoint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2002.92.1

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Lazarille de Tormes Stealing Drink from a Blind Man, probably c. 1846, graphite and white body color on boxwood, Julius S. Held Collection, 1985.1.42

Lazarille de Tormes Stealing Drink from a Blind Man

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier · probably c. 1846 · graphite and white body color on boxwood ·  Accession ID  1985.1.42

Bibliography

1891

  • Burty, Philippe. "Meissonier." La Revue illustrée 6th yr., 125 (15 February 1891): 165-178.

1897

  • Gréard, Vallery C.O. Meissonier. His Life and His Art. New York, 1897. French edition: Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier. Ses souvenirs. Ses entretiens précédés d'une étude sur sa vie et son oeuvre. Paris, 1897.

1914

  • Lami, Stanislas. Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française au dix-neuvième siècle. 4 vols. Paris, 1914-1921: 3:422-423.

1987

  • Scherf, Guilhem. "Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier." In Jean-René Gaborit and Jack Ligot, eds. Sculptures en cire de l'ancienne Egypte à l'art abstrait. Notes et Documents des Musées de France. Paris, 1987.

1993

  • Durey, Philippe, and Constance Cain Hungerford, assisted by Dominique Brachlianoff and Antoinette Le Normand-Romain. Ernest Meissonier. Exh. cat. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 1993.

2000

  • Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 286-287.