Georges Louis Hyon (Paris 1840 - 1913 Saint-Germain-en-Laye),... Lot 254

Georges Louis Hyon (Paris 1840 - 1913 Saint-Germain-en-Laye), "La Sentinelle" (The Guard), 1875, oil on panel, signed and dated lower right, inscribed by another hand on the reverse and with the stamp of the collection J. Raymond "Les Landes" in Beaufay (Sarthe), 21.5 x 41 cm, a small restored area in the sky, various rubbings to the margins, a missing area in the background as well as minimal paint chips in the left area, in decorated stucco gilt molding (dam.), overall size: 30 x 48 cm. Limit 180,- >> French military painter, exhibited at the Salon since 1875 and was mainly concerned with the depiction of scenes from the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71.