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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

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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

Two mounted officers in bicorne hats talk on a sandy road beside a sea and fortified town, painted in 1869.

A General and His Aide-de-camp

1869

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

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 a mounted rider on a white horse leading officers along a snowy muddy road, with infantry in the distance.

Napoleon and his staff are retuning from Soissons after the battle of Laon

1864

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

Men playing bowls beside tall curved fortress walls on a sunny day, with a horse carriage and a white dog nearby.

Playing Bowles In The Fosse at Antibes

1885

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

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

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

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

Dead Man

1830-91

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 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