Lot Essay
Fig. 23 Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, circa 1860, Collection of Jeremy Maas. (Photo: J. Maas, The Victorian Art World in Photographs, New York)
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Un Philosophe
Details
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Un Philosophe
bears signature and indistinct date 'E Meissonier 18...'(lower left)
oil on canvas
12 x 16.3/8 in. (32.4 x 41.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1878
Un Philosophe
bears signature and indistinct date 'E Meissonier 18...'(lower left)
oil on canvas
12 x 16.3/8 in. (32.4 x 41.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1878
Provenance
The artists estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13 May 1893, no. 156 (illustrated).
Literature
Paris, Louvre Cabinet des Arts Graphiques, (as Member of the Council of Ten in Venice, reading a state report).
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1878, no. 622 (as Un philosophe).
Muse des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Ernest Meissonier Rtrospective, 25 March-27 June 1993, fig. 9 (illustrated).
Muse des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Ernest Meissonier Rtrospective, 25 March-27 June 1993, fig. 9 (illustrated).