Image Lot Price Description

2163
$3,450.00

JEAN LOUIS ERNEST MEISSONIER (Italian/French, 1815-1891) PLEADING THEIR CASE. Oil on wood panel interior scene shows thirteen figures in an opulent setting in a large room with a view through arched doorway. A three-member family is being presented to the official who sits in an armchair next to four men at a table who are recording the event. A boy is seen holding a flag in the left corner and light shines through a stained glass window near a portrait over a large fireplace. Signed lower left “JLE Meissonier”. Housed in an antique gold gesso decorated frame. SIZE: 13-1/2″ x 22-1/2″. CONDITION: Very good. 9-22803 (3,500-5,500)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2011
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