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Officer

(French, 1815–1891)
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions10.5 x 8.3 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAbbott Lawrence Fund
Accession number03.623
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsOnce signed lower right: E M (monogram)
ProvenanceJean Louis Ernest Meissonier (b. 1815 - d. 1891), Paris; May 12, 1893, Meissonier sale, Georges Petit, Paris, lot 221 or 240 [see note 1]. By 1903, private collection. January 17, 1903, anonymous sale, Beacon Art Galleries, Boston, lot 92, sold to the MFA for $755 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: February 16, 1903)

NOTES:
[1] Both lots are described as "Study of a Superior Officer" (10.5 x 8 cm), right profile, study for the 1807 painting. Lot 221 also notes that the top of the body is shown.

[2] MFA objects 03.623 and 03.624 were acquired together for $755.


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