A Painter
1855
Ernest Meissonier
Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
A Painter, 1855. Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891). Oil on mahogany; framed: 39 x 33.5 x 6.5 cm (15 3/8 x 13 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 27 x 21.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1982.247 The fashionable attire worn by the subject of this painting is from the previous century. In order to ensure authenticity in his paintings, Meissionier collected accessories from local costume markets to assemble a “work library.”
- Maker/Artist
- Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on mahogany
- Dimensions
- Framed: 39 x 33.5 x 6.5 cm (15 3/8 x 13 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 27 x 21.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: EMeissonier. 1855 [EM in monogram]
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1982.247
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1983, Ernest Meissonier: Rétrospective, <em>Salon</em>. Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (1857)., International Exhibition. London, United Kingdom (1871)., <em>The Artist and the Studio in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 5 -August 13, 1978)., Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY (1902)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 220 19th Century European
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