Morning on Coast of Antibes (1878); Break-*fasting by the Wayside (1882); Itinerant Musicians (1884); Drawing the Seine (1885); On the Stair, J. J. Astor, New York; Courtier, H. V. Newcomb, ib.; Story of the Campaign, J. H. Stebbins, ib.; Outside Attractions, E. B. Warren, Philadelphia.—Meyer, Gesch., 665.
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MEISSONIER, (JEAN LOUIS) ERNEST,
born in Lyons,
Feb. 21, 1815.
Genre painter,
went in 1830 to
Paris, where he
was for four
months the pupil
of Léon Cogniet;
but he
formed himself
chiefly by studying
the works of the old masters, especially
of the Dutch school. He first became
known as an illustrator of books, such as
"Paul et Virginie," "Chaumière indienne"
(1838), "Les Français peints par eux-*mêmes"
(1844), etc., but soon began the
series of masterpieces on a small scale,
whose wonderful finish, marked character,
and peculiar individuality have made his
name famous in every part of the civilized
world. His first exhibited picture was The
Visitors (1834). Medals: 3d class, 1840;
2d class, 1841; 1st class, 1843, 1848; of
honour, 1855, 1867, 1878; L. of Honour,
1846; Officer, 1856; Commander, 1867;
Grand Officer, 1878; Member of Institute,
1861; Munich Academy, 1867; Honorary
member of Royal Academy, London, and
other academies. Works: The Visitors
(1834), The Bravos (1853), Scene from Decameron
(1853), Polichinello (1858), The
Halt (1862), Napoleon I. in the Campaign
of France, Throwing Dice, The Connoisseurs,
Cavalier of Time of Louis XIV., St.
John in Patmos, Cavalier of Time of Louis
XIII., Musketeer of Time of Louis XIII.,
Gamblers, Sentinel, Foul Play, Sir Richard
Wallace, London; Chess Players, Little
Messenger (1836); Monk consoling a Sick
Man (1838); The Doctor, The Smoker
(1839); The Reader (1840); Chess Players
(1841); Smoker, Violoncello Player (1842);
Amateurs of Painting (1843; Khalil Bey
sale, 1868, 33,800 fr.), M. Léon Say; Painter
in his Studio (1843; Lehon sale, 1861,
11,200 fr.); Guard-house, Young Man looking
at Drawings, Game of Piquet (1848);
Skittle Players (1849); Smoker (1850); Lute
Players (1851), Soldier under Louis XIII.,
Laurent Richard Collection, Paris; The
Barricade, Man choosing a Sword (1852),
Reader near Window, Reader in White, Le
Déjeuner, M. van Praet; Sunday, Incident
of Civil War (1852); Young Man Studying,
Moreau before Hohenlinden (1853); Lecture
chez Diderot (1855), Un Incroyable,
Polichinello, Baron Edmond de Rothschild;
Guitar Player, Baron Adolph de Rothschild;
La Rixe (1855), Buckingham Palace; Confidence,
A Painter, Man in Armour, Harque-*busier,
Art Amateur, Standard Bearer, Man
at a Window (1857); Soldiers at Cards
(1858; Wertheimber sale, to M. Demidoff
for 28,000 fr.; J. T. Johnston sale, New
York, 1876, $11,500); Smoker (1860); Card
Party, Expectation, Musician, The Audience,
The Farrier (1861); In the Ante-Room, Stirrup-Cup
(1862), C. F. H. Bolckow, Middlesborough;
Standard Bearer, Musketeer (1862);
Napoleon III. at Solferino (1864), Luxembourg
Museum; Napoleon I. in 1814 (1864),
Ball Players at Antibes (46,700 francs), Le
Voyageur (30,500 francs), The Laugher
(25,000 francs), Defoer sale, Paris, 1886;
Une Chanson (1865), Vicomte de Greffuhle;
Cavalry Charge (1867); Portrait of the Sergeant,
Chess Players, Baron Schroeder,
London; Two Lansquenets, M. van der
Vies; Horseman's Rest (1875), Kunsthalle,
Hamburg; Voyageur, L'Adieu (1880); Company
of Musketeers (sold, 1881, 50,000 fr.);
Halt of Cavaliers (J. W. Wilson sale, 1881,
125,000 fr.); Smoker (Tencé sale, 1881,
34,000 fr.); Corporal of the Guard (Arbuthnot
sale, 1882, £514); Madonna di Baccio
(1883); Paris in 1870-71 (1884); La Ve-
