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Courtyard of the Artist's Studio

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Date

1877

Artist

Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

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http://art.thewalters.org/detail/36503

Description

"Courtyard of the Artist's Studio" was not a study for a large-scale painting; rather, it was conceived of as a work of art in its own right and was, in fact, published in a folio of images of similar subjects in 1881. Nonetheless, this beautiful watercolor clearly communicates the reasons for Meissionier's renown during his lifetime, particularly his painstaking attention to historically accurate costumes and settings, which characterizes such paintings as "The Jovial Topper" (1865) and "The End of the Game of Cards" (1865), both in the collection of the Walters Art Museum (37.151 and 37.149).
(Released under the GNU Free Documentation License)
Inscription: "JF Meissonier / 1877" in brown watercolor in lower left
Medium: watercolor over graphite underdrawing heightened with white gouache on cream, moderately thick, smooth wove paper.
Credit line: Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1884.

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CC0 1.0

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Image source: The Walters Art Museum

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France

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