HORACE VERNET - Cavalier arabe, dit aussi 'La Retraite' 1839, Horace Vernet

Arab rider, also known as 'the retreat' signed and dated 'h vernet / 1839' (lower right) oil on panel 40. 8 x 33. 5 cm. (16 x 13 ¼ in. ) provenance: purchased or ordered by baron jean-conrad hottinguer (1803-1866) and paid by him to vernet in 1840; then the collection of baroness hottinguer, in 1874. Date: 1839.