Ernest MEISSONIER (1815-1891)
Full-length portrait of a king's musketeer
Oil on mahogany panel
Signed lower right
24.5 x 15 cm
Framed
Condition report available on request: contact@neo-encheres.com
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Born in Lyon, Ernest Meissonier was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and began exhibiting his paintings at the Salon of 1834. After the Italian campaign, he made a name for himself as a history painter. He exhibited widely at the Salon and founded the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1889.
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