Old masters and XIX century paintings: British XVIII century works, including examples by Reynolds, Marshall, Gainsborough ; XIX century genre, sporting and other pictures by Ridgway Knight, George Wright, J.C. Maggs, Ziem, Couture, Lenbach...January 23 at 8 p.m., (New York: Parke-Bernet, 1952).
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, Page 415 contains an alternate title (\"Voltigeur en faction dans la tranchée\"), page 407 a work with the title listed in TLS (\"La vedette\").","date":1897,"id":1553,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/1225685"},{"boilertext":"Frances Follin Jones, \"Recent aquisitions of Ancient Art\", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 17, no. 1 (1958): p. 41–43.","citation":"Frances Follin Jones, \"Recent aquisitions of Ancient Art\", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 17, no. 1 (1958): p. 41–43., p. 41","date":1958,"id":3191,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/i291447"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[],"department":"European Painting and Sculpture ","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199321,"term":"European Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199338,"term":"Nazi-era gaps","termtype":"Provenance & Cultural Heritage"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1850-1900","dateend":1890,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"The Sentry (La Vedette)","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":"","objectnumber":"y1957-62","inscribed":null,"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"(Parke-Bernet Galleries); 1957 museum purchase.","remarks":"not vetted - notes suggest more info is in file."},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"A history painter, portraitist, and sculptor, Meissonier had particular success with military scenes, thanks to a meticulous realism. In addition to Napoleonic battles, he painted scenes from his own time, such as this sentry from a light infantry regiment (voltigeur) and two of his fellows on guard duty beneath a gray sky. An engraving of this scene attests to its appeal to audiences of the time.","remarks":"K 4-6 Rotation March 2014, March 2012"}],"datebegin":1890,"sortnumber":"1957 62y","published_date":"2026-07-30 02:00:09.063391","objectid":28061,"dimensions":"45 × 33 cm (17 11/16 × 13 in.)\r\nframe: 61.1 × 50.8 × 6.3 cm (24 1/16 × 20 × 2 1/2 in.)","on_view":false}