A Painter
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
French1815–1891Academic art
About
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a French academic painter and sculptor. He became famous for his depictions of Napoleon and his military sieges and manoeuvres in paintings acclaimed both for the artist's mastery of fine detail and his assiduous craftsmanship. The English art critic John Ruskin examined his work at length under a magnifying glass, "marvelling at Meissonier's manual dexterity and eye for fascinating minutiae." Meissonier enjoyed great success in his lifetime, becoming, with Gérôme and Cabanel, one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."
Notable works
On a Terrace
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Bridge at Poissy (Pêcheurs à ligne)
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Bachelier, cheval de l'artiste
at Petit Palais
La vedette des dragons sous Louis XV
at Condé Museum
Les Ordonnances
at Louvre Museum
Le maréchal Lannes à cheval
at Musée d'Orsay
Le général Championnet au bord de la mer
at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
1814, La Campagne de France
at Musée d'Orsay
1805, Cuirassiers Before the Charge
at Condé Museum
Works in the collection
50 works
A Painter
at Cleveland Museum of Art
On a Terrace
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Bridge at Poissy (Pêcheurs à ligne)
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Bachelier, cheval de l'artiste
at Petit Palais
La vedette des dragons sous Louis XV
at Condé Museum
Les Ordonnances
at Louvre Museum
Le maréchal Lannes à cheval
at Musée d'Orsay
Le général Championnet au bord de la mer
at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
1814, La Campagne de France
at Musée d'Orsay
1805, Cuirassiers Before the Charge
at Condé Museum
More by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier in institutions
Musée d'Orsay
7th arrondissement of Paris, France
Museum of Grenoble
Grenoble, France
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin City, Ireland
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Condé Museum
Chantilly, France
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester, United Kingdom
Château de Compiègne
Compiègne, France
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg-Mitte, Germany
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
Ghent, Belgium
Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
1st arrondissement of Lyon, France
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States
Petit Palais
8th arrondissement of Paris, France
