Meissonier, his life and his art . LAST MOMENTS OF THE OLD BACHELOR.(Engraving from Lcs Fran^ais f-cints pat cux-jni-incs. Curmer, 1841.) arranged a large well-lighted studio. Trimolet was the first recipientof the common bounty. The others supported him while he workedat his Sisters of Charity distributing Soup to the Poor. Steinheil wasthe appointed to feed this vestal fire. His contribution was aAlan at Prayer upon a mountain, beset by the seven deadly Steinheil came Daubigny. When the turn of the fourth cameround, the association had ceased to exist. Meissonier had volunta
Meissonier, his life and his art . LAST MOMENTS OF THE OLD BACHELOR.(Engraving from Lcs Fran^ais f-cints pat cux-jni-incs. Curmer, 1841.) arranged a large well-lighted studio. Trimolet was the first recipientof the common bounty. The others supported him while he workedat his Sisters of Charity distributing Soup to the Poor. Steinheil wasthe appointed to feed this vestal fire. His contribution was aAlan at Prayer upon a mountain, beset by the seven deadly Steinheil came Daubigny. When the turn of the fourth cameround, the association had ceased to exist. Meissonier had voluntarilyretired, immediately after his marriage, which laid new duties uponhim. He did not, however, repudiate his idea, to which he returnedin after years. The Barricade. vHILlTEU IS 1850 VXDEK THE TITLE a OF ClVlI. WAR. M. CARLOS DE BElSTEGUls COLLL. HIS WORKS 29 It was to Chenavard he owed the advice which, acting upon thevocation already indicated by a strong natural bent, determined hisfuture course. The circumstances connected with this advice weredeeply impressed on his memory. In 1833 he went to the Rue Vivienne to see a picture by Chenavard,The Convention. Many members of the Convention were still living, andfrom them Chenavard had gleaned a number of details which gave greatpower and reality to his work. Meissonier, who was much affected bythe picture, expressed a wish to make the acquaintance of the Lyons
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