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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

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Oil painting of four men in period dress playing cards in a dim wooden room, one holding a pipe, another with a sword.

The Card Players

1863

Man in a wide-brimmed hat and red boots singing while playing a long-necked theorbo in a warmly lit interior.

Soldier Playing the Theorbo

1865

Painting of a cavalry charge across a grassy field, with sabers raised and officers on horseback watching under cloudy skies.

1807, Friedland

ca. 1861-75

Painting of an allegorical female figure with a tricolor flag above soldiers and fallen men in a smoky battlefield.

The Defense of Paris

1870-71

Oil study of a grey horse with a red saddle cloth, beside a sketch of a leg, on an orange-brown ground.

Studies of a grey horse

1864

Painted study of a cavalry soldier seen from behind in a black shako, green jacket with silver braid, and sabre.

Cavalry Man

Painting of two mounted cavalry soldiers and a standing rifleman in a sunlit stone courtyard beside a old building.

Les Ordonnances

1869

A Painter

A Painter

1855

On a Terrace

On a Terrace

1867

Painting of a ruined palace interior filled with rubble, framing a distant statue group under a blue sky.

Ruins of the Tuileries

1870

Painting of two people in a rowboat on a river beside willow trees, with a stone arch bridge and reflections in the water.

Bridge at Poissy (Pêcheurs à ligne)

1881

Oil study of a grey horse standing on sandy ground before trees, with an inscription at the top of the sheet.

Bachelier, cheval de l'artiste

1871

Hussar soldiers tend horses loaded with packs among bare autumn trees in a painted woodland landscape.

Petit poste de Grand'Garde, 8e Hussards en 1803

1869

Painting of mounted cuirassiers in plumed helmets gathered on a muddy field under a cloudy sky, with a distant town.

1805, Les Cuirassiers avant la charge

1878

Painting of men in period costume playing cards at a wooden table in a tavern interior, with a smoking figure at left.

A Game of Piquet

1861

Man with curly hair in a white shirt plays a lute beside a table with a red cloth, decanter and books, in a dim interior.

The Musician

1859

Portrait of a seated man in a black robe with fur trim, lace jabot and gold cross medal, hands clasped, dark red background.

Jules Pelletier

1867

Painting of a young man in period costume with tricorn hat and cane, standing by a doorway in a dim interior.

En attendant l'audience

1860

Painting of a seated man in 18th-century dress reading a small red book beside a red writing desk piled with books.

Man Reading

1851

Two men talk over wine at a dining table in a wood-paneled room; one wears a black cassock and powdered wig.

Le Vin du curé

1860

Painting of three horsemen in military dress galloping along a sandy beach beside breaking waves under a cloudy sky.

Le général Championnet au bord de la mer

1869

Loose oil study of a seated man in period dress and wig reading papers beside a red draped table.

Study of a Seated Cavalier Reading

1870

Sketch of an armored woman on a white horse with mounted knights and a banner bearer, in chalk on grey paper.

Joan of Arc

c. 1889

Etching of a uniformed sergeant standing beside a seated clerk writing at a table in a sparse interior room.

The Sergeant Reporter

1862

Pencil drawing of a bearded man in a dark coat reclining on cushions and smoking a pipe.

Man Smoking

1800s

Pencil sketch of a soldier in a shako hat and tunic, one arm raised high holding a sabre.

Soldier with Upraised Arm

c. 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in period dress seated beside an ornate tray and jug.

Portrait of a Silversmith, Seated

19th century

Charcoal drawing of a reclining male figure draped in cloth, with limp arms, on pale paper.

Dead Man

1830-91

Etching of a man in period costume with a plumed hat and ruff, leaning on a pillar and holding a sword.

Signor Annibale

c. 1860

Punchinello

c. 1850

Etching of a seated man in a tricorn hat smoking a long pipe beside a table with a pewter tankard.

The Grand Smoker

1843

Small etching of a standing man beside a table where a seated figure is writing, in a sparse interior.

Schrijvende man aan een tafel

1862

Pencil and chalk drawing of a bearded blind man at a table as a boy leans in to steal drink from his jug.

Lazarille de Tormes Stealing Drink from a Blind Man

probably c. 1846

Ink drawing of a uniformed soldier in a shako and cape with a handwritten French letter below, dated 1880.

Letter to Samuel P. Avery with a drawing of a military figure

1880

Small etching of a young boy in a cap walking left, carrying a bottle and a loaf of bread, on a cream sheet.

Lopende jongen naar links, een fles in de rechterarm, een brood (?) onder de linker

1825

Pencil sketch of an artist's studio with three men at left, a posing nude model at right, easel and framed paintings on walls

Drie kunstenaars in een zeventiende-eeuws interieur

1835

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate folding fan surrounded by small genre scenes of figures in costume.

Fächerstudie

1835