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A Painter, 1855. oil on mahogany.
oil on mahogany · Framed: 39 x 33.5 x 6.5 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- A Painter
- Artist
- Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891)
- Date
- 1855
- 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.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1815–1891
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.