Ernest MEISSONIER
1815 – 1891
Les reîtres
Original etching
110 × 155 mm, margins 185 × 270 mm
A fine impression on parchment, from a first state (of 2), before the remorsure which, according to Béraldi, caused some parts of the plate to crack, slight soiling in the right margin.
Béraldi points out that this subject is taken up again in Lazarille de Tarmes published by Dubrochet in 1846 (Béraldi 262-272)
Provenance: F. Heugel (Lugt 3373)
Reference: Béraldi 15 i/ii