Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891). Self-portrait, circa 1881-1882. Brown ink on Japanese paper laid on ca...

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Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Self-portrait, circa 1881-1882
Brown ink on Japanese paper laid on card
7 x 4-5/8 inches (17.8 x 11.7 cm) (sheet)

Property from the William A. Glaser Collection

PROVENANCE:
Christie's East, New York, May 5, 1998, lot 156 (as Attributed to Meissonier, Portrait of a judge);
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

In a letter to Glaser dated June 5, 1998, scholar Constance Cain Hungerford suggested a date of 1881-1882 for the execution of this work. Additionally, she noted its similarities to another sketch, dated July 14, 1881 (V.C.O. Gréard, Meissonnier: His Life and His Art, New York, 1897, p. 324) and to a watercolor shown at the artist's retrospective held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon in 1993 (catalogue no. 61), suggesting that the present work may be a preparatory drawing for them.


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