![Rosa Bonheur and Nathalie Micas - The Horse Fair [1855] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vGXO7dErYNS1wnoQgjIvxUckS4pGu34Ng1nscMRdKr8cD782rY2MHLSsFA1agFSgUfWo0n94D4_CDGbZ7sC_EKOJ3RrsJeouZ9dPRvQzC-mMfVNa5Nr3rBEsVyrCz8SQ=s0-d)
The scene is the horse market in Paris, and the dome of La Salpêtrière is visible in the background. Although finished and signed by Bonheur, this painting was begun by the artist's life-long friend, Nathalie Micas. The dealer Ernest Gambart acquired it in 1855, and it was engraved by Thomas Landseer.
Rosalie (Rosa) Bonheur (1822 - 1899) was born in Bordeaux, and moved to Paris in 1829. She was a famous animal painter. She exhibited the original version of The Horse Fair (now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York) at the Salon of 1853, where it won great acclaim.
[Oil on canvas, 120 x 254.6 cm]
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