499980 A Painter, 1855 (oil on mahogany) by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest (1815-91); 39x33.5 (framed) 27x21.1 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Meissonier often depicted artists and musicians of the 1600s and 1700s engaged in their work. This artist is busy painting a small canvas depicting a nymph and satyr. The artist??? 18th-century costume?early 100 years out of date at the time of the painting??? creation?ransforms the scene into a charming historical fiction. Meissonier exhibited the painting at the Paris Salon of 1857. ); Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin; French, out of copyright.