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Artists›Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

1815

WA-00013699

Sculpture

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Why this artist matters now

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a French academic painter and sculptor. He became famous for his depictions of Napoleon and his military sieges and manoeuvres in paintings acclaimed both for the artist's mastery of fine detail and his 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 enjoyed great success in his lifetime, becoming, with Gérôme and Cabanel, one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."

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Artworks (16)

Bacchus

1887 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 7.2 × 4.7 cm (2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25 × 15.8 cm (9 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Horseman in a Storm

1878 · bronze

overall (including self-base): 47.2 x 59.3 x 23.9 cm (18 9/16 x 23 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Out-Post

1875 · Oil on canvas

105.1 × 90.2 cm (41 3/8 × 35 1/2 in.); Framed: 120.1 × 104.8 × 8.9 cm (47 1/4 × 41 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cuirassier with Drawn Sword

1870 · Bronze

49.5 × 62.5 × 21 cm (19 3/4 × 24 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Defense of Paris

1870 · Oil on panel

29.2 × 36.2 cm (11 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.); Framed: 49.2 × 58.7 cm (19 3/8 × 23 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sergeant Reporter

1862 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid chine

Image: 6.1 × 5.3 cm (2 7/16 × 2 1/8 in.); Plate: 6.2 × 5.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 11.5 × 9.3 cm (4 9/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sergeant Reporter

1862 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid chine

Image: 6 × 5.2 cm (2 3/8 × 2 1/16 in.); Plate: 6.2 × 5.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 15.8 × 12.8 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with a Tambourine (verso)

1860 · pen and brown ink on wove paper

overall: 14.9 x 22.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Herald of Murcia and Other Studies (recto)

1860 · pen and brown ink on wove paper

overall: 14.9 x 22.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A French Hussar

1860 · graphite on wove paper, laid down

sheet (irregular): 32.2 x 22 cm (12 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Signor Annibale

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 13 × 8.7 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Plate: 14.7 × 10.3 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 31.6 × 25 cm (12 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les Amateurs

1850 · drypoint on wove paper

plate: 5.5 x 10.5 cm (2 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 16 x 24.5 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Lazarille de Tormes Stealing Drink from a Blind Man

1846 · graphite and white body color on boxwood

overall: 19.5 x 12.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Punchinello

1845 · Cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper

Image: 15.8 × 8.1 cm (6 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 27.8 × 18.2 cm (11 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Grand Smoker

1843 · Etching and drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory card

Image: 7.9 × 6.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.); Primary support: 9.3 × 6.6 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Plate: 9.6 × 6.9 cm (3 13/16 × 2 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 27.6 × 17.8 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Tertiary support: 27.6 × 17.9 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

L'Endymien

1835 · Watercolor, with touches of white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on rounded shaped cream wove paper, laid down on commercially prepared gray wood pulp board

16.6 × 13.2 cm (6 9/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Drie kunstenaars in een zeventiende-eeuws interieur (1835 - 1891)

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