Painting ID:: 10922
At the Relay Station ( Relay Station in The Forest of Saint-Germain) 1860.
6 3/4" x 9" ( 17 x 23 cm ). Bequest of Alfred Chauchard, 1909.
Ernest Meissonier Lyons 1815 - Paris 1891.
French Academic Painter, 1815-1891.
Lyons 1815 - Paris 1891. French Academic Painter, 1815-1891. French genre and military painter. His study of the Dutch masters was evident in his first Salon-exhibited painting, A Visit to the Burgomaster (1834). His small genre paintings are meticulous as to furnishings and costumes. Among Meissonier's battle scenes, chiefly of the Napoleonic Wars, are Napoleon I with His Staff (Louvre) and Friedland, 1807 (Metropolitan Mus.). At the Relay Station ( Relay Station in The Forest of Saint-Germain) 1860.
6 3/4" x 9" ( 17 x 23 cm ). Bequest of Alfred Chauchard, 1909.
