Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier French Academic Painter, 1815-1891,French painter, sculptor and illustrator. Although he was briefly a student of Jules Potier (1796-1865) and Leon Cogniet, Meissonier was mainly self-taught and gained experience by designing wood-engravings for book illustrations. These included Leon Curmer's celebrated edition of J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1838), the series Les Franeais peints par eux-memes (Paris, 1840-42) and Louis de Chevigne's Les Contes remois (Paris, 1858).
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier The End of the Game of Card "The End of the Game of Card" by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, oil painting
Date n.d. (ca. 1870?)
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Equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte Date 1862(1862)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 12-3/4 x 9-1/2 in (full painting)
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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier Equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte Date 1862(1862)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 12-3/4 x 9-1/2 in (full painting)
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French Academic Painter, 1815-1891,French painter, sculptor and illustrator. Although he was briefly a student of Jules Potier (1796-1865) and Leon Cogniet, Meissonier was mainly self-taught and gained experience by designing wood-engravings for book illustrations. These included Leon Curmer's celebrated edition of J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1838), the series Les Franeais peints par eux-memes (Paris, 1840-42) and Louis de Chevigne's Les Contes remois (Paris, 1858).