Lot 160
  • 160

JEAN-LOUIS-ERNEST MEISSONIER | Petanque players in Antibes

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
  • Petanque players in Antibes
  • Signed and dated lower right EMeissonier 1869
  • Oil on panel
  • 12,2 x 18 cm ; 4  7/8  by 7 in.

Provenance

Francis Petit, Meissonier's dealer ;
Antony Roux, Marseille ;
Sale Defoer, Paris, May 22nd 1886, n° 24 (illustrated) ;
Sale Secretan, Paris, July 1st 1889, n° 46 ;
Marquise de Casa Riera ; 
Adnan Khashoggi ;
Purchased at an auction of works from the Khashoggi collection by the present owners in Spain in the 1980s. 

Exhibited

Exposition Universelle, Vienna, 1873, n° 482 ;
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, n° 628 ;
Cent chefs-d'œuvre, Galerie George Petit, Paris, 1883, n° 66 (belonging to Mr. Defoer) ;
Rétrospective Meissonier, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1884, n° 82, reproduced ;
Rétrospective Meissonier, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1893, n° 891.

Literature

Meissonier's account book (fragment kept in the Louvre archives) ;
Gustave Larroumet, Meissonier, Paris 1895, illustrated p. 23.
V. C. O. Gréard, Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Paris, 1897, p. 402 ;
Exhibition catalogue Meissonier, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, March 25th-June 27th, 1997, listed pp. 35-36.

Condition

Very good overall condition. Repainted part on the lower right. 4 thin sticks added to the edges of the painting (dimensions with the sticks : 12 x 17.8 cm) 2 repaints in the upper right part. 4 small repaints along the edges.
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Catalogue Note

From 1868, Meissonier goes regularly to Antibes in the south of France. The Salice road by the Mediterranean sea is one of his favourite spots and he often paints it. Antibes, la promenade à cheval (musée d'Orsay, Paris) and Le général et son aide de camp, route de la Salice (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) show the Salice road seen much closer to the sea and the fort. In our picture, Meissonier has wonderfully captured the beautiful light and colours of Southern France.