Hermanus Willem Koekkoek
(1867-1929)
French Cavalry Cuirassiers
Signed lower right
Oil on board, 30.4 x 19 cm
Provenance:
Family of the artist, thence by descent
Note:
This lot is accompanied by the depicted trumpet.

Cuirassiers were heavily armed cavalry soldiers on horseback who wore a breastplate called a cuirass. Cuirassiers were the heaviest unit on the battlefield, comparable in task and impact to today’s tank divisions.
* Condition report available upon request