ID 1305706
Lot 33 | JEAN-LOUIS-ERNEST MEISSONIER (FRENCH, 1815-1891)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
Sentinelle en 1796
signed and dated 'EMeissonier 1867' (with the first two letters conjoined, lower right)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 12 ½ in. (54 x 31.8 cm.)
Provenance
Howard Murray (1859-1930), Montreal.
His sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 October 1941, lot 14, as The Sentry.
with F. Schnittjer and Son, New York, acquired at the above sale.
Their sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 14 January 1943, lot 6, as The Sentry.
Likely acquired by Forsyth Wickes (1876-1964).
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. Chaumelin, Portraits d'artistes, E. Meissonier, J. Breton, Paris, 1887, p. 51, no. 134.
M. O. Gréard, Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, ses souvenirs, ses entretiens, précédés d'une étude sur sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris, 1897, p. 400, as Sentinelle 1re République.
| Artist: | Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815 - 1891) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815 - 1891) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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