Enigma "Smokers"
 

At one western auction before the auction but walked the halls and drew attention to the picture. She seemed familiar to me. Well, friend and friend ... Who knows ...
And at the auction during the bidding of its exhibit, I'm in the catalog and paid no attention. And no, I'm betting, and raised a card bought.
He brought home and found the same "Smokers" in the Hermitage.
Author-Meissonier Jean-Louis-Ernest.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-...31 & y = 3
Received picture in the Hermitage in 1922 from IAH Kushelevskoy gallery in St. Petersburg. But the one on the tree, and my canvas.
Copy, I think. Size-one in one. 20x12.
So what.
The catalog pictures Tsarevich Nicholas was also a copy of this.
http://feb-web.ru/feb/rosarc/vka/vka-602-.htm
In the list for the number 336.
But everywhere they write that the author did a lot of repetition of his "Smokers."
Maybe, and I repeat? A?
The last picture (unframed) from GE.
Sorry for the quality of photos, I can not, I confess.
http://gatchina3000.ru/brockhaus-and.../065/65704.htm

From the catalog of the Hermitage, you can not, so I ordered:)

Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest - Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
Genus. in 1815 in Lyon, mind. in 1891 in Paris. A painter, draftsman, printmaker and sculptor. He studied at the Leningrad Konya. In 1834 exhibited at the Salon. He wrote historical and battle paintings, mainly on subjects of Napoleon's campaigns, as well as everyday scenes with figures dressed in costumes of XVII - XVIII centuries.; Portraits, illustrated books.

3918. Smoker.
D., m. 20 x 12. Bottom left signature: E. Meissonier. Use. in 1850. Post. in 1922, transferred from the Museum of the Academy of Arts; earlier Kushelevskoy Gallery (Cat. 1868 number 9, Cat. 1886, III, № 265).

State Hermitage Museum. Western European paintings. Catalog 1. Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland. Leningrad, 1976. 279.

The Hermitage is 4-th of this author. Of the 5-and works - 4-th signed.

Wladzislaw, thanks, the catalog is, but in the gallery. I have not even looked into and was not going to be honest, the Internet looked enough.
A good reference, thank you.

Cyril Syzransky, here is the link sales
http://web.artprice.com/ps/artitems....amp;refGenre=A

Sandro, Thank you.
Found and Le fumeur de pipe and Le fumeur-2 pcs.
He loved to draw smokers.

Cyril Syzransky, for a full and accurate identification and confirmation of your authorship of "Smokers" to chemical analysis and spectral analysis of paints pictures of the x-ka, and with your own. After collate spectral analysis and studied the original work. Then you can just say that if the artist was written work.
Ask the Hermitage. Do they have the results of spectral analysis on the work of Meissonier of their meetings. If there is still time to do the same and you with their work. And experts will collate and express their opinion.
Do you have a good job. And you have to treat it with due care.
What I teach you, you know!

And, by the way, the case ended? I ask because I, too, with a similar history, one is very similar in origin, with the frame and canvas (the author and the other plot, but is also known).

In my case it turned out - the students amused.

bend, but nothing, I have not dealt with this picture. She is not asking, unlike cats, which in the morning and jumping on the bed in my ear yelling, requires feed! : D

Vereshchagin was familiar with Mason and wrote about it in his book. Very interesting. At the time, Moscow was one of the most expensive academics, so I was confused, then clearly someone else's frame and the stretcher is not impressive.
According Acuna at 1994 price was 17.10 m fr. 22x18 is the size.
Congratulations on the holiday. Most fails.
Frank 6k1 dollars.

Pavel, thanks, I already watched the price on it but saw the Cigarette-Smoking Man and options.