Officer

Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (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

Europe

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.