Colonel Königsfels Teaching Prince Poniatowski to Ride
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| Colonel Königsfels Teaching Prince Poniatowski to Ride | |
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| Artist | Bernardo Bellotto |
| Year | 1773 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 73 cm × 81.5 cm (29 in × 32.1 in) |
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Colonel Königsfels Teaching Prince Poniatowski to Ride is an oil on canvas painting by Italian artist Bernardo Bellotto, from 1773. It is held in the collection of the National Museum, in Warsaw.
Description
[edit]It depicts Prince Józef Poniatowski, aged around 10 years old, wearing the uniform of the Crown Army's Royal Guards and astride a grey Lipizzan horse, executing a pesade. To the right of Poniatowski is Colonel Piotr Königsfels, holding a staff and displaying the sign for a pesade. In the background, there is an arch bearing the Poniatowski and Ciołek coat of arms.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Catalogue entry" (in Polish).
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