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Ernest Meissonier

1815 to 1891 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Ernest Meissonier across 3 places, from 1831 to 1891. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (21 February 1815 to 31 January 1891) was a French academic painter and sculptor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ernest Meissonier was documented, and when

1831year
Switzerlandattested “He paid short visits to Rome and to Switzerland, and exhibited in the Salon of 1831 a painting then called Les Bourgeois Flamands (Dutch Burghers), but also known as The Visit to the Burgomaster, subsequently purchased by Sir Richard Wal…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier
1831year
Romeattested “He paid short visits to Rome and to Switzerland, and exhibited in the Salon of 1831 a painting then called Les Bourgeois Flamands (Dutch Burghers), but also known as The Visit to the Burgomaster, subsequently purchased by Sir Richard Wal…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier
31 January 1891exact date
Parisattested “Meissonier died in Paris on 31 January 1891.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier

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Places Ernest Meissonier is documented in

Paris1 presence · 1891Rome1 presence · 1831Switzerland1 presence · 1831

Other places tied to Ernest Meissonier in the record

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1814 to 1864period
Solferinomentioned “Louis Fould; to that of 1864 The Emperor at Solferino, and 1814.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier
1831year
Hertford Housementioned “He paid short visits to Rome and to Switzerland, and exhibited in the Salon of 1831 a painting then called Les Bourgeois Flamands (Dutch Burghers), but also known as The Visit to the Burgomaster, subsequently purchased by Sir Richard Wal…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier
1838year
Strasbourgmentioned “In 1838 Meissonier married a Protestant woman from Strasbourg named Emma Steinhel, the sister of M.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier
June 1868month
Antibesmentioned “In June 1868 Meissonier travelled to Antibes with canvas and easel, together with his wife, son and daughter, and two of his horses, Bachelier and Lady Coningham.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier
1870year
Italymentioned “Meissonier was attached by Napoleon III to the imperial staff, and accompanied him during the campaign in Italy at the beginning of the war in 1870.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Meissonier

Documented at the same place, the same year

Francisco de Paula SantanderItaly · 1831Pope Pius IXItaly · 1831Friedrich FröbelSwitzerland · 1831Marie CurieParis · 1891Alfred NobelParis · 1891Henri MatisseParis · 1891Georges SeuratParis · 1891

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