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Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (Lyon 1815-1891 Paris)
Lot 140

Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (Lyon 1815-1891 Paris)

A Venetian noble

Closed9 June 2010

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Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (Lyon 1815-1891 Paris)
A Venetian noble
signed and dated 'Meissonier 1866' (lower left), inscribed 'Tableau de Meissonier acquis de Petit après la vente Jacob de la Haye...(indecipherable) à l'exposition des oeuvres de Meissonier en 1884 salle Petit/par CP. Lambart/les Palmiers Nice où il vit' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
14½ x 10½ in. (36.8 x 26.7 cm.)

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This finely detailed painting is a self-portrait of the artist presented as a noble Venetian man.