French school of the XVIIIth century. Oil on canvas... Lot 75

French school of the XVIIIth century. Oil on canvas representing a Chasseurs des Cévennes in mane helmet on horseback with his field equipment and musket on his side, a band indicates the regiment and the number 4 '4th regiment of horse hunters). Format 55 X 43 cm, reentered, modern gilded wood frame. ABE (cracks, restorations) This painting is part of a very important series of representations of the cavalry regiments according to the ordinance of 1779 and of which a large part belongs to the collections of the Musée de l'Armée in Paris. The cavalrymen are represented either individually or in more or less important groups.