Raymond LOTTHE (1867-1938). "The Laughing Soldier", oil on canvas depicting a Belgian soldier circa 1916-1918 in uniform and police cap with khaki pompom. Signed upper right, size 74 X 59.5 cm. ABE A Northern painter active at the end of the 19th century, he painted a portrait of the sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert in his Paris studio in 1893.