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Ernest Meissonier - Dante

Dante

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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The Artist died in 1891 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
Ernest Meissonier

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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Lazarille de Tormes Stealing Drink from a Blind Man

Lazarille de Tormes Stealing Drink from a Blind Man (probably c. 1846)

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Sentinelle en 1796

Sentinelle en 1796 (1867)

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Isaiah

Isaiah (c. 1838)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Standing Male Figure

Standing Male Figure (1860s)

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

A Cavalier; Time of Louis XIII (1861)

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

Les deux amis (1874)

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

An Artist showing his Work (19th century)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (c. 1889)

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The Sentry (La Vedette)

The Sentry (La Vedette) (1890)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Figures on Horseback

Figures on Horseback (1860s)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Bachelier, cheval de l’artiste

Bachelier, cheval de l’artiste (1871)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
The Defense of Paris

The Defense of Paris (1870-71)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Le Porte-Étendard

Le Porte-Étendard (1857)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Study of a Horse 2

Study of a Horse 2 (1860s)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Study of a Face, ears

Study of a Face, ears (1860s)

Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
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