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Ernest Meissonier

34 works held in 17 museums

French painter of Napoleon's battles and of genre scenes, from Lyon to Poissy, 1815-1891

1806, Jena, Ernest Meissonier

1806, Jena, 1890.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Frick Art & Historical Center, United States

Courtyard of the Artist's Studio, Ernest Meissonier

Courtyard of the Artist's Studio, 1877.

Ernest Meissonier (French), watercolor

Walters Art Museum, United States

The Defense of Paris, Ernest Meissonier

The Defense of Paris, 1870–1871.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

On a Terrace, Ernest Meissonier

On a Terrace, 1867.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Card Players, Ernest Meissonier

The Card Players, 1863.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Art Lovers, Ernest Meissonier

The Art Lovers, 1860.

Les Amateurs de peinture (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Musée d'Orsay, France

The Brawl, Ernest Meissonier

The Brawl, 1855.

La Rixe (The Brawl) (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Sentry, Ernest Meissonier

The Sentry, 1890.

The Sentry (La Vedette) (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Princeton University Art Museum, United States

Group of Cavalry in the Snow: Moreau and Dessoles before Hohenlinden, Ernest Meissonier

Group of Cavalry in the Snow: Moreau and Dessoles before Hohenlinden, 1875.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Ireland

A General and His Aide-de-camp, Ernest Meissonier

A General and His Aide-de-camp, 1869.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Man in a Red Cloak, Ernest Meissonier

Man in a Red Cloak, 1867.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Ireland

1814, Ernest Meissonier

1814, 1862.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Walters Art Museum, United States

Awaiting the Audience, Ernest Meissonier

Awaiting the Audience, 1860.

En attendant l'audience (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Museum of Art and History of Poissy, France

A Painter, Ernest Meissonier

A Painter, 1855.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Siege of Paris (1870-1871), Ernest Meissonier

The Siege of Paris (1870-1871), c. 1884.

Le Siège de Paris (1870-1871) (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

An Officer of the First Republic, Ernest Meissonier

An Officer of the First Republic, 1871.

Ernest Meissonier (French), gouache

National Gallery of Ireland

Grenadiers at Rest (Advanced Outpost), Ernest Meissonier

Grenadiers at Rest (Advanced Outpost), 1869.

Halte de grenadiers (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Soldier Playing the Theorbo, Ernest Meissonier

Soldier Playing the Theorbo, 1865.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Bibliophile, Ernest Meissonier

The Bibliophile, 1862.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Ireland

The Curate's Wine, Ernest Meissonier

The Curate's Wine, 1860.

Le Vin du curé (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Man Reading, Ernest Meissonier

Man Reading, 1851.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

Bridge at Poissy (Anglers), Ernest Meissonier

Bridge at Poissy (Anglers), 1881.

Bridge at Poissy (Pêcheurs à ligne) (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on cardboard

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

The Ruins of the Tuileries, Ernest Meissonier

The Ruins of the Tuileries, c. 1871.

Ruines des Tuileries (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Information (General Desaix and the Peasant), Ernest Meissonier

Information (General Desaix and the Peasant), 1867.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

The End of the Game of Cards, Ernest Meissonier

The End of the Game of Cards, 1865.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Walters Art Museum, United States

1807, Friedland, Ernest Meissonier

1807, Friedland, c. 1861–1875.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Young Man with a Book, Ernest Meissonier

Young Man with a Book, 1860s.

Юноша с книгой (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Hermitage Museum, Russia

A Guard, Ernest Meissonier

A Guard, 1840.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Gallery of Ireland

The Cuirassiers of 1805, before the Battle, Ernest Meissonier

The Cuirassiers of 1805, before the Battle, 1878.

Les cuirassiers de 1805, avant le combat (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on canvas

Musée Condé, France

Bachelier, the Artist's Horse, Ernest Meissonier

Bachelier, the Artist's Horse, 1871.

Bachelier, cheval de l'artiste (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on paper

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Jules Pelletier, Ernest Meissonier

Jules Pelletier, 1867.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

The French Campaign, 1814, Ernest Meissonier

The French Campaign, 1814, 1864.

Campagne de France, 1814 (museum title)

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Musée d'Orsay, France

Innocents and Card Sharpers, Ernest Meissonier

Innocents and Card Sharpers, 1861.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

The Musician, Ernest Meissonier

The Musician, 1859.

Ernest Meissonier (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

Works by Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891), in the public domain, each linked to its record in the museum that holds it. A painter of very small, extraordinarily detailed pictures of musketeers, readers, card players and musicians of the time of Louis XIII and Louis XV, Meissonier followed the French army to Italy in 1859 and became the painter of the Napoleonic epic: The French Campaign, 1814, 1807, Friedland, The Cuirassiers of 1805. He lived through the siege of Paris in 1870, which he painted as an allegory, and painted the ruins of the Tuileries, burnt in 1871. Only works that the museums give to Meissonier without reservation, and of which a freely reusable photograph exists, are included: those of museums that place their images in the public domain (New York, Cleveland, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Paris) or, for the others, a free photograph whose origin is given on the page of the work. The titles are those of the museums, with their translation.