Edouard DETAILLE (1848-1912) Lot n° 33

Prussian officer, smoking a pipe, perched on his horse... Black stone on panel 54 x 45.5 cm. Signed and dated, lower left: Mr Detaille return from Germany March 1871 fecit/Saint Valery sur Somme (Contact François Robichon) Provenance: From the attic of the Countess of X... (born around 1930), member of a family of enlightened amateurs, having assiduously attended the distinguished sales of the Hôtel Drouot in the years 1880-1910.