The Painter Meissonier

Vincenzo Gemito

1879 · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The Painter Meissonier — Vincenzo Gemito

The celebrated concocter of battle scenes is observed as if standing before his easel. Potbelly and all, his stance is a spectacularly balanced network of triangulations.

Artist
Vincenzo Gemito
Date
1879
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Italian, modelled Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1975

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