About the Artwork
Le fumeur flamand
1872
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (Artist) French, 1815-1891 Paul Adolphe Rajon (Artist) French, 1842-1888 Goupil & Cie. (Printer) French Goupil & Cie. (Publisher) French
Etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 6 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (15.9 × 11.1 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 × 11 3/4 inches (39.1 × 29.8 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S911
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Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right of image: Rajon 1872
Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: E Meissonier 1858 (E reversed) Inscribed, in plate below image, lower left: Peint par Meissonner. Inscribed, lower right: Grave par Rajon Inscribed, lower center: FUMEUR FLAMAND Inscribed, lower right edge of plate: Publie & Imprime par Goupil & Cie. Paris Inscribed, in black ink, lower left edge of sheet: No 911, The Flemish Smoker. | By - Paul Rajon
Provenance
1882, G.R. Angell. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Paul Adolphe Rajon; after Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, Le fumeur flamand, 1872, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S911.
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