Édouard DETAILLE (1848-1912) Cuirassier standard-bearer of the Second Empire Large round concave plate in painted white porcelain Signed and dated '31 Dbre 1881' lower right Unmarked D. 50 cm Gilded wood frame decorated with foliage (small missing parts) D. (with frame): 75 cm Provenance : - Former Forbes collection, lot 102. Exhibition : "Call to Arms", 18 January-19 March 1981, the Tampa Museum. Second Empire cuirassier standard-bearer, painted porcelain plate, signed and dated, by Edouard Detaille Commentary: This extremely fine work, produced at the same time as the artist was painting the panorama of Champigny with his friend De Neuville, is completely original in the artist's career as it was done on porcelain - possibly intended for the decoration of a building. Édouard DETAILLE (1848-1912)