Meissonier

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Meissonier, by Henri Barbusse, Translated by Frederic Taber Cooper
MEISSONIER MASTERPIECES IN COLOR
MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR EDITED BY - - M. HENRY ROUJON
MEISSONIER (1815-1891)
PLATE I.—THE FLUTE-PLAYER (In the Musée du Louvre)
Meissonier’s erudition was such that it enabled him to combine the skill of the artist with the utmost fidelity in details of costume. In the Flute-player , the artist predominates. This figure, with foot slightly raised in the act of beating time, is admirably life-like.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY FREDERIC TABER COOPER
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
IN SEMPITERNUM.
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY NEW YORK—PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
May 1912