GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In Information, a peasant gives critical information to a Napoleonic military leader, General Desaix. The highly detailed rendering of the winter landscape and the uniformed men is an attempt, in the manner of a historical novel, to re-create the great days of Napoleon's victories. Ernest Meissonier made his reputation through such meticulously realistic and highly finished paintings. Under Napoleon III's Second Empire, Meissonier painted a number of scenes that glorified the campaigns of the First Napoleonic Empire. These paintings have a narrative, illustrative character far removed from the broad, even coarse, realism of Maissonier's contemporaries, such as Gustave Courbet and Honoré Daumier.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2010.
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Created in 1867
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Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest (French, 1815-1891)
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Oil on panel
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General Desaix
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- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC~Read a biography of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~View another painting of a military scene by Meissonier at the Met.
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General Description
In Information, a peasant gives critical information to a Napoleonic military leader, General Desaix. The highly detailed rendering of the winter landscape and the uniformed men is an attempt, in the manner of a historical novel, to re-create the great days of Napoleon's victories. Ernest Meissonier made his reputation through such meticulously realistic and highly finished paintings. Under Napoleon III's Second Empire, Meissonier painted a number of scenes that glorified the campaigns of the First Napoleonic Empire. These paintings have a narrative, illustrative character far removed from the broad, even coarse, realism of Maissonier's contemporaries, such as Gustave Courbet and Honoré Daumier.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2010.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC~Read a biography of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~View another painting of a military scene by Meissonier at the Met.
Notes
Created in 1867
Checked Piction
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest (French, 1815-1891)
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Oil on panel
Historical periods
Individuals
General Desaix
Subject terms
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PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
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