Ernest Meissonier
Friedland 1807
c. 1861-75135.9 x 242.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower left: EMeissonier [initials in monogram] / 1875
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Henry Hilton, 1887
Literature
Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 62
Provenance
Alexander T. Stewart, New York, 1876, bought from the artist
his widow, Cornelia M. Stewart, New York, 1876–d. 1886
her estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 23-25 March 1887, nr. 210, to J.F. Fletcher for Hilton
Henry Hilton, New York, 1887
Other works by Ernest Meissonier
On a Terrace
1867
1867
The Lost Game
Halt at an Inn
Polichinelle
An Artist showing his Work