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Attributed to Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
French, 1815–1891
Punch (Polichinelle)
after 1850
Image Caption
Attributed to Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, Punch (Polichinelle), after 1850, graphite on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1700
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (18.7 x 12.1 cm)
Object Number
1955.1700
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964. John and Mabel Ringling Museum, Sarasota. Au Théâtre. Asolo Opera Guild: Jan. 6-26, 1969. Cunningham, Charles C., et al. The Elegant Academics: Chroniclers of 19th-Century Parisian Life. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: The Clark, 1974. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Annual Report, 1983. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Provenance
Neuville and Vivien, Paris (bought by Robert Sterling Clark, 1935).