Paul Charles Emmanuel GALLARD-LEPINAY (1842-1885), "Navire battant pavillon américain dans la tempête", oil on canvas signed lower left, dated lower right 1881, 130 x 195 cm. Some tears and/or scratches. Important gilded stuccoed wood frame with acanthus leaves and laurels, width: 20 cm. N.B. According to family tradition, this painting came from the Hôtel du Bout du Monde in Sainte-Adresse and adorned one of the reception rooms of the Belgian provisional government during the First World War. SOLD BY DESIGNATION, delivery on site, by APPOINTMENT from 15 January.