Christian Sell the Younger (Düsseldorf 1854 -... Lot 198

Christian Sell the Younger (Düsseldorf 1854 - 1925 Gotha), 'Preußischer Kavallerist mit Kriegsgefangenen aus dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870/71', oil on wood panel, signed lower left, 13.5 x 18 cm, in contemporary gold frame, overall size: 21.5 x 25 cm. Provenance: Werner Collection, Neunkirchen. Limit 180,- >> German battle and military painter, pupil of his father Christian Sell the Elder and of the Düsseldorf Academy from 1873-80, like his father he painted numerous battle and war scenes, especially from the Franco-Prussian War.