Soldier Playing the Theorbo

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Ernest Meissonier (French, Lyons 1815–1891 Paris)
Date: 1865
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.9 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Bequest of Martha T. Fiske Collord, in memory of her first husband, Josiah M. Fiske, 1908
Accession no.: 08.136.7

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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