Louis Monziès was a French painter and etcher. He was the curator of the three Museums of Le Mans for 10 years until his death.
Louis Monziès in his workshop
Lecture chez Diderot, etching after Meissonier.
Villeneuve Lez Avignon, watercolor.
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a French academic painter and sculptor. He became famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille.
Ernest Meissonier
Ernest Meissonier, Self-portrait, 1889
1814. Campagne de France (Napoleon and his staff returning from Soissons after the Battle of Laon), 1864 (Musée d'Orsay)
In June 1868 Meissonier arrived in Antibes - "It is delightful to sun oneself in the brilliant light of the South," he wrote