A Manhattan gallery owner who claims to be related to the famed Guggenheim family was busted for slugging his cougar girlfriend during a fight early Sunday, police sources told The Post.
Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim, 35, became enraged with gal pal Camilla Olsson, 51, because he blamed her for a ticket he got for driving through a red light, sources said.
As their fight heated up, Hoerle-Guggeneheim “smacked her a bit,” sources said.
Hoerle-Guggenheim, who owns the HG Contemporary Gallery in Chelsea, was busted around 3:30 a.m. at his apartment in a historic row house at 398 West St., sources said.
He told cops he was kin to the late Solomon Guggenheim, the business magnate and modern-art lover behind the iconic “toilet bowl” museum on Fifth Avenue, sources said.
Olsson — a socialite who in 2013 was spotted dining in Greenwich Village with Princesses Madeleine and Victoria of Sweden — declined emergency medical treatment.
The criminal complaint against Hoerle-Guggenheim says Olsson accused him of punching her on the arm around 2 a.m., leaving a large bruise.
He was charged with three misdemeanor counts of assault and aggravated harassment, as well as attempted assault and harassment, violations.
Hoerle-Guggenheim, who was assigned a Legal Aid lawyer, was released without bail from Manhattan Criminal Court early Sunday afternoon, a clerk said.
The Guggenheim Museum didn’t return an e-mail seeking comment on Hoerle-Guggenheim’s claimed ties.
Hoerle-Guggenheim and Olsson have been photographed together at a series of gala events, including the 2015 book-release party for designer Donna Karan’s memoir “My Journey” and a Foundation Fighting Blindness fundraiser at Cipriani 42nd Street in April.
In 2015, the artnet.com Web site said Hoerle-Guggenheim’s gallery had “acquired an impressive array of important modern and contemporary artists” since opening in 2014.
But he’s currently embroiled in a suit filed by famed photographer Peter Beard over three “one-of-a-kind artworks” his gallery allegedly offered for sale without permission.
A man who answered the buzzer at Hoerle-Guggeheim’ s apartment wouldn’t comment.
Olsson didn’t return messages.
Additional reporting by Priscilla DeGregory