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A Painter
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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A Painter

1855
Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891) visual detail
ArtistErnest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891)
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Medium
oil on mahogany
Dimensions
Framed: 39 x 33.5 x 6.5 cm (15 3/8 x 13 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 27 x 21.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
Origin
France, 19th century
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin

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Provenance

Public
1861

Countess Lehon [1808-1880], Paris, France, her sale, April 2-3,1861, lot 10, sold to Vente X . . . d...

1861-1871

Vente X . . . de Vienne, 1861, (possibly Georg Plach [1818-1885], Vienna, Austria

by 1871

G. Simpson, by 1871

1883-1884

John Grant Morris [1811-1897], Allerton Priory, Liverpool, United Kingdom,1883, sold to Samuel P. Av...

by 1884

(Samuel P. Avery, New York, NY, by 1884, sold to William H. Vanderbilt)

Provenance

William H. Vanderbuilt [1821-1885], New York, NY, by descent to his son, George W. Vanderbuilt

Provenance

George W. Vanderbilt [1862-1914], New York, NY, by descent to Cornelius Vanderbilt III

Source provenance text

Countess Lehon [1808-1880], Paris, France, her sale, April 2-3,1861, lot 10, sold to Vente X . . . de Vienne Vente X . . . de Vienne, 1861, (possibly Georg Plach [1818-1885], Vienna, Austria G. Simpson, by 1871 John Grant Morris [1811-1897], Allerton Priory, Liverpool, United Kingdom,1883, sold to Samuel P. Avery (Samuel P. Avery, New York, NY, by 1884, sold to William H. Vanderbilt) William H. Vanderbuilt [1821-1885], New York, NY, by descent to his son, George W. Vanderbuilt George W. Vanderbilt [1862-1914], New York, NY, by descent to Cornelius Vanderbilt III Cornelius Vanderbilt III [1983-1942], New York, NY by descent to his widow, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III, his widow', [1870-1953], New York, NY, consigned to Parke-Bernet for sale (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, NY, April 18-19, 1945, sold to Mrs. Derek Spence) Mrs. Derek Spence [1905-1984], New York, NY, February 1976, consigned to Hammer Gallery (Hammer Gallery, New York, NY, July 1976, sold to Shepherd Gallery) (Shephard Gallery, New York, NY, July 1976, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin) Mrs. Noah L. Butkin [1915-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public
The Year in Review for 1983

Ernest Meissonier: Rétrospective

Source exhibition text

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984). Ernest Meissonier: Rétrospective. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (organizer) (March 25-June 27, 1993). Salon. Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (1857). International Exhibition. London, United Kingdom (1871). The Artist and the Studio in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 5 -August 13, 1978). Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY (1902)

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Meissonier often depicted artists and musicians of the 1600s and 1700s engaged in their work. This artist is busy painting a small canvas depicting a nymph and satyr. The artist’s 18th-century costume—nearly 100 years out of date at the time of the painting’s creation—transforms the scene into a charming historical fiction. Meissonier exhibited the painting at the Paris Salon of 1857.

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Evidence state

Observed sales: 0 · Comparable Sales: 0 · Provenance: 15 · Exhibitions: 2.

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