Soldier Playing the Theorbo

1865

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.9 cm)
Collection no.: 08.136.7
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Ernest Meissonier. Soldier Playing the Theorbo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Soldier Playing the Theorbo — Ernest Meissonier. 1865.

Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Martha T. Fiske Collord, in memory of her first husband, Josiah M. Fiske, 1908.

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.

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