Art, literature & history
The Herald of Murcia and Other Studies (recto)
c. 1860
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink on wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 14.9 x 22.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2004.152.1.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Ernest Meissonier. The Herald of Murcia and Other Studies (recto). Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Louis-Ernest_Meissonier,_The_Herald_of_Murcia_and_Other_Studies_(recto),_c._1860,_NGA_131513.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Herald of Murcia and Other Studies (recto) — Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier. c. 1860.
Medium: pen and brown ink on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 14.9 x 22.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2004.152.1.a. Gift of Athena Tacha and Richard Spear.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.