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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

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 a dim period interior with a man lying dead on the floor beside a sword and another man in yellow seated in angui

The End of the Game of Cards

1865

Oil painting of a man in a bicorne hat on a white horse under a stormy sky, with two riders behind him.

1814

1862

Small oil study of a seated man in period dress reading a paper beside a red draped table against a dark background.

Study of a Seated Cavalier Reading

1870

Painting of a uniformed sentry with rifle and knapsack standing on a path above an open field with distant soldiers.

The Sentry (La Vedette)

1890

Seated woman in a white lace gown with blue ribbons in a red-draped period interior, holding a small book.

Josefa Manzanedo e Intentas de Mitjans, Second Marchioness of Manzanedo

1872

Painting of bodies lying among cobblestones on a narrow city street lined with shuttered buildings, after a barricade battle.

The Barricade, rue de la Mortellerie, June 1848

1850

Horseman

Man in a green patterned robe writing at a desk beside tall bookshelves, lit by a window.

The Bibliophile

1862

Painting of an armored guard in steel helmet and breastplate holding a spear, wearing a white cloak and green hose, against a

A Guard

1849

Painting of a man in a red cloak and grey period costume standing in a doorway, holding a feathered hat.

Man in a Red Cloak

1867

Painter in bowler hat holding palette in a studio with a cavalry painting, helmets and small canvases on shelves.

Portrait de l'artiste dans son atelier - Ernest Meissonier - MBA Dijon 2019-2-4

1875

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

Full-length painting of a standard bearer in steel armor and red trousers holding a yellow and blue banner.

The Standard Bearer

1857

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

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

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

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

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