The Project Gutenberg eBook, Meissonier, by Henri Barbusse, Translated by Frederic Taber Cooper
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MEISSONIER
MASTERPIECES
IN COLOR
MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY - -
M. HENRY ROUJON
MEISSONIER
(1815-1891)
| IN THE SAME SERIES | |
| REYNOLDS | RUBENS |
| VELASQUEZ | HOLBEIN |
| GREUZE | BURNE-JONES |
| TURNER | LE BRUN |
| BOTTICELLI | CHARDIN |
| ROMNEY | MILLET |
| REMBRANDT | RAEBURN |
| BELLINI | SARGENT |
| FRA ANGELICO | CONSTABLE |
| ROSSETTI | MEMLING |
| RAPHAEL | FRAGONARD |
| LEIGHTON | DÜRER |
| HOLMAN HUNT | LAWRENCE |
| TITIAN | HOGARTH |
| MILLAIS | WATTEAU |
| LUINI | MURILLO |
| FRANZ HALS | WATTS |
| CARLO DOLCI | INGRES |
| GAINSBOROUGH | COROT |
| TINTORETTO | DELACROIX |
| VAN DYCK | FRA LIPPO LIPPI |
| DA VINCI | PUVIS DE CHAVANNES |
| WHISTLER | MEISSONIER |
| MONTAGNA |
| IN PREPARATION | |
| GEROME | BOUCHER |
| VERONESE | PERUGINO |
| VAN EYCK | |
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.
