Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille (French 1848-1912)
Hussar Officer with His Horse
Depicting a French Hussar cavalry officer standing beside his grey charger, wearing a blue dolman with heavy gold frogging, red overalls, tall shako with tricolor plume, and holding a curved sabre—uniform elements associated with the light cavalry regiments of the Napoleonic era; Detaille’s precise rendering of regimental dress and equipment reflects his celebrated mastery of military portraiture and historical accuracy
Oil on board, presented in an elaborate gilt frame
Signed E. Detaille lower right
12 3/4″ x 9 1/2″
Provenance: Kunsthandel G. van der Hoogt, Tesselschadestraat 2, Amsterdam
Estimate: $2000 - $4000