Statue du peintre Ernest Meissonier, Marble statue in a public park in Poissy, France
The statue of the painter Ernest Meissonier is a marble sculpture in Poissy, France. It shows a bearded man seated in a chair, leaning back with a rolled object on his knee, and the pedestal bears his name and dates along with titles of his works.
The statue was sculpted by Antonin Mercié in 1895 and inaugurated on 26 October 1895 by Raymond Poincaré in the Jardin de l'Infante in Paris. It was moved to Poissy in 1980 after being removed from the Louvre gardens in 1966.
The monument pays tribute to Ernest Meissonier, a painter who was also mayor of Poissy in 1878. On the pedestal, you can read the titles of his most famous paintings, such as La Rixe and Les Joueurs de boules, which give a sense of his subjects.
The statue stands in Parc Meissonier, facing the main entrance, so you can see it as soon as you arrive. The park is a public space, and the area around the statue is flat and easy to walk around.
The statue is made of nineteen pieces of marble assembled together, and it was originally accompanied by a cuirassier and an allegory of art. A hat of Napoleon was removed from the trophies shortly after the inauguration.
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