Art, literature & history
A General and His Aide-de-camp
1869
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 7 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (19.7 x 27.6 cm)
- Collection no.
- 87.15.37
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Ernest Meissonier. A General and His Aide-de-camp. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
A General and His Aide-de-camp — Ernest Meissonier. 1869.
Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (19.7 x 27.6 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.