Pyrenean Shepherd Offering Salt to his Sheep is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Rosa Bonheur, executed in 1864.

[1] Rosa Bonheur enjoyed great success at the Salon of 1853 with her painting The Horse Market, then at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 with La Fenaison en Auvergne.

The Duke receives the finished work on June 5, 1864, in larger than expected dimensions.

The painting appealed to the Duke and Duchess so much that he decided to pay double the agreed price, the sum of 10,000 francs instead of 5,000.

The duke and the artist had the opportunity to meet afterwards during a dinner organized at the castle on April 22, 1894.