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Source Description
"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).
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Document identity
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36503
label
Courtyard of the Artist's Studio
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
36503
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drawing
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normalized
title
Courtyard of the Artist's Studio
description
"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).
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, before 1884 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1877
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
34.5
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 9/16 x W: 7 1/2 in. (34.5 x 19 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
""JF Meissonier / 1877"" in brown watercolor in lower left
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watercolor over graphite underdrawing heightened with white gouache on cream, moderately thick, smooth wove paper
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4228
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EAN
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1993
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2069
190
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432
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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1c730a5bd168b09f