Halbardier
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 3/4 × 10 11/16 in. (42.6 × 27.1 cm) Plate: 12 3/16 × 7 7/8 in. (31 × 20 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.559.63
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching, titled *Halier*, captures the poised figure of a soldier armed with a halberd, rendered with remarkable precision in 1895. Created through the collaborative efforts of Ernest Meissonier, renowned for his meticulously detailed historical and military scenes, and etcher Alfred Boilot, the work exemplifies the late nineteenth-century fascination with bygone eras of European warfare. Meissonier’s influence is evident in the careful attention to costume, stance, and weaponry, evoking the grandeur of seventeenth- or eighteenth-century guardsmen. As an etching, the medium allowed artis...
About the Artist
Alfred Boilot|Ernest Meissonier (French|French) · 1800 |1815 –1900 |1891
French, active Paris, 1886–95|French, Lyons 1815–1891 Paris