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Picture frame (cadre)

Juste Aurèle Meissonnier

ca. 1735

Medium

Carved and gilded beechwood

Dimensions

130 × 90 in. (330.2 × 228.6 cm); Other (of opening): 98 1/2 in. × 69 in. (250.2 × 175.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1971

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French

Rights

Public Domain

About Juste Aurèle Meissonnier

1695–1750 • France

Born in Italy of French ancestry, Meissonnier made his way to Paris in 1718. Named "orfèvre du roi" in 1724 by Louis XV. Became "dessinateur de la chambre et du cabinet du roi" in 1726; meaning he designed all french court festivals. Comment on works: Draftsman; Painter; Sculptor; Architect

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