Hippolyte DE VERGESES (1847–1896). Portrait of a soldier in profile, study. Oil on canvas, signed in the upper right corner (minor loss of paint). Height: 34 cm - Width: 24 cm Note: Hippolyte de Vergèses belongs to the academic tradition of French painting from the second half of the 19th century. Trained under Carolus-Duran, he focused primarily on portraiture and genre painting. His work reflects a figurative approach that emphasizes the study of facial features, the characterization of figures, and the rendering of details, within the aesthetic framework of Salon painting.