Johann Emil Hünten Emil Hünten (Paris 1827 - 1902... Lot 197

Johann Emil Hünten Emil Hünten (Paris 1827 - 1902 Düsseldorf), ,Kronprinz Friedrich erteilt Soldaten des 1. Schlesischen Husaren-Regiments Nr. 4 den Einsatzbefehl, c. 1870/71, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 33 x 40 cm, in 1870 Crown Prince Friedrich invited the artist to accompany him on his campaigns, so that Hünten joined the staff, in original contemporary stucco gold frame (minimally dam.) with engraved name plate, overall size: 57 x 64 cm. Provenance: Werner Collection, Neunkirchen. Limit 1260,- >> Battle painter, attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a pupil of H. Flandrin a. H. Vernet, went to Antwerp in 1849, from there to Düsseldorf in 1851, in 1854/55 he worked there under W. Camphausen, especially horse studies, initially preferred Frederician scenes, took part in the campaigns of the 1860s-70s as a soldier, litt.