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Artists›Rosa Bonheur

Rosa Bonheur

French, 1822–1899

WA-00014775

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (26)

The Legend of the Wolves

1890 · charcoal with stumping and erasing, black chalk, and pastel on blue wove paper, edge mounted to paperboard

overall: 59.9 x 80.7 cm (23 9/16 x 31 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Call of the Stag

1890 · Pastel on brown paper, laid down on board

49 × 63.8 cm (19 5/16 × 25 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps

1885 · Oil on canvas

54.9 × 66.4 cm (21 5/8 × 26 1/8 in.); Framed: 76.9 × 87.2 × 8.3 cm (30 1/4 × 34 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chief Returning from a Bison Hunt and other Studies

1885 · Graphite on greenish-gray wove paper

16.5 × 24.6 cm (6 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Weaning the Calves

1879 · Oil on canvas

25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Weaning the Calves

1879 · Oil on canvas

25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Shorn Ewe (Brebis Tondue)

1877 · Bronze

Overall: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 4 in. (14.6 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shorn Ewe (Brebis Tondue)

1877 · Bronze

Overall: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 4 in. (14.6 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lion

1875 · Bronze

40.7 × 55.9 × 20.4 cm (16 × 22 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cattle in the Auvergne

1867 · black and white chalk with stumping and touches of pastel on brown wove paper

overall: 25.91 × 20.4 cm (10 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sketches of Cows

1865 · Graphite, heightened with white gouache, on pale green wove paper

13.8 × 18.5 cm (5 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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A Limier Briquet Hound

1856 · Oil on canvas

14 1/2 x 18 in. (36.8 x 45.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Limier Briquet Hound

1856 · Oil on canvas

14 1/2 x 18 in. (36.8 x 45.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Horse Fair

1852 · Oil on canvas

96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair"

1852 · Black chalk and graphite, heightened with white

18 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (47.6 x 30.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Horse Fair

1852 · Oil on canvas

96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ewe, or A Grazing Sheep

1850 · bronze

height: 13.97 cm, 4 lb. (5 1/2 in., 1.814 kg)

National Gallery of Art

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Walking Bull

1846 · Bronze

Overall: 6 7/8 × 12 7/16 × 4 3/8 in. (17.5 × 31.6 × 11.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Walking Bull

1846 · Bronze

Overall: 6 7/8 × 12 7/16 × 4 3/8 in. (17.5 × 31.6 × 11.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for The Horse Fair

1845 · Oil on canvas

43.2 × 87 cm (17 × 34 1/2 in.); Framed: 69.3 × 111.8 × 10.2 cm (27 1/4 × 44 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Illustrated letter to M. Roland

1840 · Pen and brown ink on machine-laid paper

8 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (20.6 x 27.0 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sheet of Studies for "The Horse Fair"

1840 · Black chalk and graphite

Sheet: 7 1/4 x 16 3/16 in. (18.4 x 41.1cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Study for "The Horse Fair"

1835 · Black chalk, gray wash, heightened with white

Sheet: 5 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (13.7 x 33.7cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Horse Fair"

1835 · Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white

Sheet: 5 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (13.7 x 33.7cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

26 published of 26 catalogued · 16 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
Nga
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood (1860–80)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Chief Returning from a Bison Hunt and other Studies (c. 1890)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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National Gallery of Art

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