On a Terrace
1867
Ernest Meissonier
Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
On a Terrace, 1867. Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891). Oil on wood panel; framed: 50.5 x 40 x 8 cm (19 7/8 x 15 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Clara Louise Gehring Bickford 1986.68 Meissionier was known for his masterful draftsmanship and scrupulous attention to detail. He amassed a "work library" of accessories from local costume markets to ensure that the subjects in his paintings were authenticity attired.
- Maker/Artist
- Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- Framed: 50.5 x 40 x 8 cm (19 7/8 x 15 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: "EMeissonier 1867 [EM in monogram]
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1986.68
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Clara Louise Gehring Bickford
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1986, Ernest Meissonier: Rétrospective, <em>Exposition Meissonier</em>. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, (1893)., Sur un balcon, collection de M. Leroy, (1867).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 220 19th Century European
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