Bidders now recognise beauty of Bonheur’s downcast donkey
An oil on board titled 'Portrait of a Donkey', painted and signed in 1881 by the noted French animalier Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), performed with gusto at Helmuth Stone Gallery (25% buyer’s premium).
The sensitive and soulful rendering of the beast, with a world-weary expression, is a picture that…