Meissonier, his life and his art . is to sit down withones palette before Nature herself, undisguisedby rice-powder and rouge I Inscribed; AJenny et Charlotte letir cher —Portrait of Doctor Gtiyon (h. 0,34 ; ,28). .Seated on a curved settee, in thestudio in Paris in a black frock-coat. In-scribed ; All Docteur Giiyon —The large portrait of Meissonier. Half-length, seated, in a loose robe trimmed withminixer, his head supported by his righthand. He is in his favourite seat ; a setteeshaped like an X. This portrait was etched byWaltner. The remark on th
Meissonier, his life and his art . is to sit down withones palette before Nature herself, undisguisedby rice-powder and rouge I Inscribed; AJenny et Charlotte letir cher —Portrait of Doctor Gtiyon (h. 0,34 ; ,28). .Seated on a curved settee, in thestudio in Paris in a black frock-coat. In-scribed ; All Docteur Giiyon —The large portrait of Meissonier. Half-length, seated, in a loose robe trimmed withminixer, his head supported by his righthand. He is in his favourite seat ; a setteeshaped like an X. This portrait was etched byWaltner. The remark on the etching is aportrait of Madame Meissonier, seated on asimilar settee, a book on her lap, dressed inthe green \ehet gown she wore as the modelfor Le —Last Portrait of Meissonier by at the Societe Xationale, 1890. Ileave her my portrait, exhibited at the Champde Mars as No. 1,014. (.Meissoniers will,November 5, 1889).Portrait of M. Batta, playing the \ iolin, andstudy of a hand for this .tSr PICTURES (UNDATED) The Brothers Van de Velde. In a studio (thatof Meissonier at Poissy) the painter hasrisen, palette and brushes in hand, at hisbrothers arrival. The visitor is seated, andscrutinises the picture on the easel. He wearsa cloak, and holds his felt hat in his hand. Totheir right, a large carved chest, heaped withvarious objects, a mandolin above. On theground a piece of paper and a Drive at Saint-Germain. Timeof LouisXIII.(h. 0,18 ; w. 0,25). The first carriage disap-pears in the distance ; the next contains four\ oung w omen ; cavaliers ride beside and be-hind it ; the verdure and sunshine suggestlove and Park at Saint Cloud (h. 0,41 ; w. 0,29;. Thefigures by Meissonier, the landscape by Fran-cais. Old trees round the great fountain ;groups of persons walking about ; othersseated in the shade near the Gentleman of tlie Court of Henri HI. (,i8 ;w. 0,11). Costume and cloak of red velv
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