Jean-Louis-Ernest MEISSONIER (1815-1891). Cuirassier charging, 1866. Study for 1807, the Cuirassiers de la Garde at Friedland. Oil on panel, one plate, not parqueted, monogrammed "E.M" lower right. (Lifts, missing.) Height 39.6 cm; Width: 29.5 cm. Study of the cuirassier in the middle of the front rank, from the painting by Jean-Louis-Ernest MEISSONIER, Les Cuirassiers de la garde à Friedland, 1807, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Provenance : - Sale of paintings from Meissonier's studio, 12, 13 and 15 May 1893, by Maîtres Paul Chevallier and George Duchesne, lot no. 63. -Private collection Bibliography: - Catalogue of the sale of the Meissonier studio in May 1893.