RIOL After Beauce Cavalry Officers Oil Painting on Wood Panel

  
A military scene (probably a reconnaissance) showing an officer on horseback using a telescope. The inscription "Riol (Havre 1873)": This is most likely the artist who created this version.

The name "Riol" could correspond to a local painter or a student active in Le Havre at that time. The mention "Exposition Havre 1868" refers to the exhibition of the original work by Beaucé, while the date of 1873 marks the completion of this panel. Period: Third quarter of the 19th century (specifically dated 1873).

This is the official style of the time, highly valued during the Second Empire and the early Third Republic, favoring realism in detail (uniforms, harnesses) and a certain nobility in the horses' poses. The execution is classic, with particular attention given to the depiction of the white horse and the cloudy atmosphere of the landscape, typical of Beaucé's countryside scenes. The gilded wooden frame shows some missing stucco and gilding (visible on the edges). The panel appears to have some paint chips or scratches (visible in the sky and on the edges).

A professional cleaning would help revive the colors darkened by the old varnish. Scene of military reconnaissance on horseback, oil on panel, signed Riol and dated 1873. Based on a composition by Jean-Adolphe Beaucé (exhibited in Le Havre in 1868).

Beautiful rendering of movement and atmospheric landscape. Gold leaf frame from the period, restoration work expected. The painting is signed in red at the bottom left and on the back of the painting RIOL After Beaucé. Theme: "officers" of cavalry on the battlefield.

Technique: Oil painting on wood panel. Dimensions of the oil painting on wood panel height 32 cm length 40 cm dimensions of the old wooden frame to be restored height 42 cm length 59 cm depth 3.5 cm.