Artworks · Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

Bacchus

1887 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 7.2 × 4.7 cm (2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25 × 15.8 cm (9 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Horseman in a Storm

1878 · bronze

overall (including self-base): 47.2 x 59.3 x 23.9 cm (18 9/16 x 23 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Out-Post

1875 · Oil on canvas

105.1 × 90.2 cm (41 3/8 × 35 1/2 in.); Framed: 120.1 × 104.8 × 8.9 cm (47 1/4 × 41 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cuirassier with Drawn Sword

1870 · Bronze

49.5 × 62.5 × 21 cm (19 3/4 × 24 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

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The Defense of Paris

1870 · Oil on panel

29.2 × 36.2 cm (11 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.); Framed: 49.2 × 58.7 cm (19 3/8 × 23 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A French Hussar

1865 · graphite

sheet (irregular): 32.2 x 22 cm (12 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Sergeant Reporter

1862 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid chine

Image: 6.1 × 5.3 cm (2 7/16 × 2 1/8 in.); Plate: 6.2 × 5.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 11.5 × 9.3 cm (4 9/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

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The Sergeant Reporter

1862 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid chine

Image: 6 × 5.2 cm (2 3/8 × 2 1/16 in.); Plate: 6.2 × 5.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 15.8 × 12.8 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with a Tambourine (verso)

1860 · pen

overall: 14.9 x 22.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Herald of Murcia and Other Studies (recto)

1860 · pen

overall: 14.9 x 22.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Signor Annibale

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 13 × 8.7 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Plate: 14.7 × 10.3 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 31.6 × 25 cm (12 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les Amateurs

1850 · drypoint on wove paper

plate: 5.5 x 10.5 cm (2 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 16 x 24.5 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Lazarille de Tormes Stealing Drink from a Blind Man

1846 · graphite

overall: 19.5 x 12.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Punchinello

1845 · Cliché-verre on ivory photographic paper

Image: 15.8 × 8.1 cm (6 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 27.8 × 18.2 cm (11 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Grand Smoker

1843 · Etching and drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory card

Image: 7.9 × 6.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.); Primary support: 9.3 × 6.6 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Plate: 9.6 × 6.9 cm (3 13/16 × 2 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 27.6 × 17.8 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Tertiary support: 27.6 × 17.9 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

L'Endymien

1835 · Watercolor, with touches of white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on rounded shaped cream wove paper, laid down on commercially prepared gray wood pulp board

16.6 × 13.2 cm (6 9/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago