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The hired assassins
(Les Bravi)
1852
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
40.4 × 33.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1914
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Meissonier painted two known variations of this composition which are actually smaller than this version. In his lifetime, such small theatrical paintings were thought to be his masterpieces in which he captured in minutae the finest detail of historical costume and other objects.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: EM (monogram) . 52
Accession Number
761-2
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Violence
Subjects (specific)
assassins jerkins (jackets) men (male humans) murderers murders (deaths) panelling scenes (depictions) swords
Provenance
Collection of George Sutherland Esq., by 1913; from whom purchased, using a Government grant, on the advice of Bernard Hall, 13 October 1913, accessioned 1914.