Jean-Louis-Ernest MeissonierFrench, 1815–1891Le Rieur, époque XVIIe siècle
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Le Rieur, époque XVIIe siècle” now? Collection: Château de Compiègne, Compiègne. Unknown.
Compiègne, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- C 53 D 51 ; RF 1857
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Château de Compiègne
- Image: Château de Compiègne — © Réunion des musées nationaux - utilisation soumise à autorisation; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
The whole life1860s
A turn to battle subjects and high prices
In the 1860s he begins to paint historical and battle scenes from the time of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the conflicts of Emperor Napoleon III; his contemporaries valued them even more than his earlier genre works. In time he received 300,000 francs each for The Charge of the Cuirassiers and Napoleon I in 1814, and 200,000 for Napoleon III at Solferino, which its first owner later resold for 850,000.
1864
Salon of 1864: “Solferino” and “1814”
At the Salon Meissonier shows The Emperor at Solferino, which took him more than three years to complete, and 1814.
1867 · Award
Commander of the Legion of Honour
