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Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
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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). | ||||
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Dimensions and material new24/Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier-395483.jpg Painting ID:: 76188 Visit European Gallery |
Oil on panel, 12-3/4 x 9-1/2 in Date 1862(1862) cyf | ||
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