The Sign Painter (Le Peintre d'Enseignes)

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

Quick Overview

Artist: Ernest Meissonier (French, Lyons 1815–1891 Paris)
Date: 1872
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, 1887
Accession no.: 87.15.13

The Out-Post
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
c. 1880 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00000948
The Defense of Paris
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
1870–71 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001585
Cuirassier with Drawn Sword
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Modeled c. 1875, cast after 1891 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001887
L'Endymien
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003005