Autoportrait  1893

Description of Adolphe Yvon, as offered by Wikipedia: [br] "Adolphe Yvon (1817–1893) was a French painter known for his paintings of the Napoleonic Wars. Yvon studied under Paul Delaroche, rose to fame during the Second Empire, then finished his career as a teacher.Shortly after the end of the Crimean War in September 1855, Yvon was commissioned by the French government t...