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Mathieu Roland MEUSNIER, dit Mathieu-Meusnier...

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Profile of a woman Marble medallion. Signed and dated: "Mathieu Meusnier/ 1852" below the neck. Diam: 27 in blackened wood frame: 37 cm (Minor damage to frame, soiling). Mathieu Roland Meusnier entered the École des Beaux-arts in 1841, where he joined Dumont's studio. He began exhibiting at the Salon from 1843 until his death in 1896. He was responsible for a large number of bust and medallion portraits of the celebrities of his day.