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Ernest Meissonier
Ernest Meissonier

Ernest Meissonier

French, 1815-1891
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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille.

Meissonier enjoyed great success in his lifetime, and was acclaimed both for his mastery of fine detail and assiduous craftsmanship. The English art critic John Ruskin examined his work at length under a magnifying glass, "marvelling at Meissonier's manual dexterity and eye for fascinating minutiae".

Meissonier's work commanded enormous prices and in 1846 he purchased a great mansion in Poissy, sometimes known as the Grande Maison. The Grande Maison included two large studios, the atelier d'hiver, or winter workshop, situated on the top floor of the house, and at ground level, a glass-roofed annexe, the atelier d'été or summer workshop. Meissonier himself said that his house and temperament belonged to another age, and some, like the critic Paul Mantz for example, criticised the artist's seemingly limited repertoire. Like Alexandre Dumas, he excelled at depicting scenes of chivalry and masculine adventure against a backdrop of pre-Revolutionary and pre-industrial France, specialising in scenes from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century life.

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A Painter

A Painter (1855)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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On a Terrace

On a Terrace (1867)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Soldier Playing the Theorbo

Soldier Playing the Theorbo (1865)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Study of a Seated Cavalier Reading

Study of a Seated Cavalier Reading (1870)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Le Trompette De 1807

Le Trompette De 1807 (1893)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Dante

Dante

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Le Voyageur (Le Marechal Ney A Cheval Luttant Contre Le Vent)

Le Voyageur (Le Marechal Ney A Cheval Luttant Contre Le Vent) (1886)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Sur L’escalier (The Venetians)

Sur L’escalier (The Venetians) (1879)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Brown Horse, Study

Brown Horse, Study (1860)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Animals
Isaiah

Isaiah (c. 1838)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Religion
A Cavalier; Time of Louis XIII

A Cavalier; Time of Louis XIII (1861)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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A Cavalier; Time of Louis XIV

A Cavalier; Time of Louis XIV (1856)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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A Musketeer; Time of Louis XIII

A Musketeer; Time of Louis XIII (1856)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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A Sentinel; Time of Louis XIII

A Sentinel; Time of Louis XIII (1851)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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An Artist showing his Work

An Artist showing his Work (19th century)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Colonel Félix Massue

Colonel Félix Massue (1867)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Dutch Burghers

Dutch Burghers (1833-4)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Halt at an Inn

Halt at an Inn (probably 1862 - 1863)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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The Guard Room

The Guard Room (Probably 1847)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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The Hired Assassins

The Hired Assassins (1852)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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The Lost Game

The Lost Game (1858)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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The Recital

The Recital (1852-3)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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The Roadside Inn

The Roadside Inn (1865)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Polichinelle

Polichinelle (1860)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Un Cuirassier

Un Cuirassier (1893)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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The Stirrup Cup

The Stirrup Cup (1864)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Soldat

Soldat

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Diderot and his scribe

Diderot and his scribe (1869)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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Les deux amis

Les deux amis (1874)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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1807, Friedland

1807, Friedland (ca. 1861–75)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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