Head of a Roebuck and Two Ptarmigan
Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board
Catalogue
- Year
- 1825
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 30.4 cm (8 7/8 × 12 in.); Framed: 37.5 × 45.5 × 7.7 cm (14 3/4 × 17 7/8 × 3 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Artist
Painting
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. His best-known work is the lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
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1822 · Black chalk (recto), and graphite (verso), on ivory wove paper
Wounded Stag and Dog
1820 · Oil on canvas
Rearing Horse
1817 · Watercolor heightened with white gouache and graphite, on tan laid paper
Reclining Lion
1816 · Graphite with touches of white chalk, on cream wove paper
Portrait Sketches of Edwin Henry Landseer and Frederick Leighton, with Horsemen
1800 · Graphite, black, and white chalk on brown wove paper
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- Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
- Year
- 1825
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 30.4 cm (8 7/8 × 12 in.); Framed: 37.5 × 45.5 × 7.7 cm (14 3/4 × 17 7/8 × 3 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1825-533483
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
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