Artworks · Rosa Bonheur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Landscape with Cattle

1820 · Graphite on blue paper faded to gray

Sheet: 9 1/8 x 10 3/16 in. (23.1 x 25.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Cattle

1820 · Graphite on blue paper faded to gray

Sheet: 9 1/8 x 10 3/16 in. (23.1 x 25.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art