Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891)

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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891)

L'empereur et son état-major

signed and inscribed 'étude de mon père cédée à Louis Knight par moi/T. Mequillet Meissonier'; oil on panel
9 7/8 x 18in. (25.1 x 45.7cm.)

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Possibly an oil sketch for the important Octobre 1806, Iéna, which was exhibited at the inauguration of the Salon de la Societé National des Beaux Arts, of which Meissonier was the Président d'honneur. It was purchased by E. Simon, who lent it to the 1893 Meissonier Retrospective where it was last seen.

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