Colonel Königsfels Teaching Prince Poniatowski to Ride



Colonel Königsfels Teaching Prince Poniatowski to Ride is a 1773 oil painting by Italian artist Bernardo Bellotto that is now in the collection of the National Museum, Warsaw. It depicts Prince Józef Poniatowski, 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.