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| Keywords: Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissionier - Courtyard of the Artist's Studio - Walters 37947.jpg 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 1877 watercolor over graphite underdrawing heightened with white gouache on cream moderately thick smooth wove paper cm 34 5 19 accession number 37 947 36503 William T Walters Baltimore before 1884 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1884 JF Meissonier / 1877 in brown watercolor in lower left The Essence of Line A Supple Brush The Flowering of Continental Watercolors The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979 A Connoisseur's Portfolio French Masterworks on Paper The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1992 French Master Drawings The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1997-1998 Botanical Delights Floral Motifs in 19th-Century Art Strathmore Hall Art Center North Bethesda; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Government House Annapolis 1998-1999 A Discerning Eye Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors Academy of the Arts Easton Easton 1998-1999 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D A Connoisseur's Portfolio The Essence of Line Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1870s paintings from France 1877 paintings | ||||
