Large oval pastel under glass, signed and dated... Lot 41

Large oval pastel under glass, signed and dated lower left: "E. . 1866" : Portrait of a junior officer of the cuirassiers of the line, he wears a cuirass of the type 1855 and, beside him, his helmet is placed on a table; he wears, on the left strap of the cuirass, the knight's cross of the order of the Legion of honor and holds, in his left hand, his cavalry saber model 1854; gilded oval frame (small restoration); 99 x 78 cm. Second-Empire period. Good condition.