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Joan of Arc
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About this work
This drawing is a rare study relating to Ernest Meissonier's never-realized mural for the Pantheon in Paris. After seeking and receiving the commission in 1874, Meisonnier procrastinated on the project for many years. Here, the French heroine Joan of Arc appears at center, without a helmet, on a bare white horse, staring ahead with steadfast calm. The figure of Joan in this drawing appears to correspond to the subject in a now-lost design for the complete painting, which Meissonier presented in 1889.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineJoan of Arc, c. 1889. Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891). Graphite, red chalk, colored washes, and black and white gouache; sheet: 18.8 x 30.3 cm (7 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.358
