THE PRINCE IMPERIAL'S PONY Set including... - Lot 387 - Osenat

Lot 387
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THE PRINCE IMPERIAL'S PONY Set including... - Lot 387 - Osenat
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL'S PONY Set including : -Small iron, probably for a pony of the Imperial Prince. Iron mount with riveted wood. 12,5 x 10 cm. Provenance : Collection UHLMANN -Photograph of the painting of Olivier PICHAT " The imperial Prince on his favorite pony ". Autograph letter in the pen of Pichat "To Mr. Picot Member of the institute Respectful tributes of his pupil." 31 x 20 cm. History: The pony ridden by the Prince in Pichat's painting is not the famous "Buttercup", but Harlequin or Polichinelle, two ponies that the Empress had bought in Norway. Olivier Pichat's painting, now kept in Compiègne, was hung in 1861 in the cabinet of Alexandre Walewski, Minister of State, in the Louvre Palace.
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