Bronze Age Gold from Wales
A game of Piquet
MEISSONIER, Jean Louis Ernest (1815 - 1891)
Two ‘innocent’ youths, on the right, prepare their next move in a game of Piquet. They appear unaware of their opponents’ scheming, but there is an air of tension as the man behind keeps his hand on his sword and the others watch the cards intently. Meissonier was widely renowned for the highly refined detail of his small historic genre scenes.
Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2471
Creation/Production
MEISSONIER, Jean Louis Ernest
Date: 1861
Acquisition
Bequest, 12/12/1963
Measurements
Height
(cm): 24.2
Width
(cm): 32.2
Height
(in): 9
Width
(in): 12
h(cm) frame:47.5
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:55.5
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:10.3
d(cm)
Techniques
oil on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
board
Location
In store
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