Attributed to Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
French, 1815–1891
Punch (Polichinelle)
after 1850
| 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 |
Image Caption
Attributed to Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, Punch (Polichinelle), after 1850, graphite on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1700
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).
