ADOLPHE YVON (1817-1893)
"Chasseur à cheval de la Garde during the Russian Campaign during the Retreat with Marshal Ney".
Charcoal drawing, watercolor and white gouache highlights, signed with a pen at the bottom left.
37 x 25 cm.
Biography:
Known for his battle paintings, Adolphe Yvon married around 1835 in Rome Henriette Edmée Vernet (1812-1855), becoming the son-in-law of painter Horace Vernet. Widowed, it was from his second marriage to Eugénie Rambaud in July 1856 that his son, the architect Maurice Yvon (1857-1911), was born.
Related work:
Our Hunter on Horseback is a study for the famous painting depicting Marshal Ney in the rear guard of the army.
Our man is represented on the left side of the work, protected by a cart.
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