The Picket

Description Like his teacher J.-L.-E. Meissonier, Detaille chose military subjects not only from his own era, but also from the reign of Napoleon I (1804-1814). These images recalled the past glories of France. In this winter scene set in the Napoleonic era, a member of the Eleventh Hussar regiment keeps watch.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/24/1938	Treatment	cleaned; coated
6/05/1942	Treatment	mounted; loss compensation; coated
5/01/1996	Treatment	stabilized; cleaned; loss compensation; coated; other

Exhibitions

• From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014-2016.

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Lower left: EDOUARD DETAILLE; [Date] Lower left: 1875

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878