Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899)

Rosa Bonheur was established as one of the greatest animal painters of the 19th century at the 1853 Salon, where she exhibited Marché aux Chevaux de Paris. She had a large menagerie at her home in By whence she chose her subjects, such as the present lot, which appears to be the Shetland pony the artist owned in the 1860s.