Oil on canvas, Military rider during a battle, circa 1840

Oil on canvas representing a military subject figuring an officer rider on its horse at full gallop, holding two horses which one passes over a down horse. They are shoot by on foot soldiers, on the right of the painting. The scene happens in a countryside landscape, below the hill, on a cloudy sky background.

Inscription describing the scene at the right bottom of the painting, in French, might be translated as the following: “Auguste Marin, 16^th hunter (military name) below the Republic stole several prussian horses. It’s this action that made this young military appointed first hunter of his regiment, being redrew by is gender

J Magne painter”

Carved and gilt wood frame with a decor of foliaged scrolls.

Work realized circa 1840