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Horseman

(French, 1815–1891)
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions15.6 x 11.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineAbbott Lawrence Fund
Accession number03.624
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right: E M (monogram)
ProvenanceJean Louis Ernest Meissonier (b. 1815 - d. 1891), Paris; May 12, 1893, Meissonier sale, Georges Petit, Paris, lot 233. By 1903, private collection. January 17, 1903, anonymous sale, Beacon Art Galleries, Boston, lot 112, sold to the MFA for $755 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: February 16, 1903)

NOTES:
[1] MFA objects 03.623 and 03.624 were acquired together for $755.
Two Soldiers
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
1849
Officer
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
Study for Wounded Cuirassier
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault
Sketch of a Soldier
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
mid-19th century
Sketch of a Soldier
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
mid-19th century
Sketch of a Soldier
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
mid-19th century
Study of hands and a reclining figure
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
1835–91