Rosa Bonheur

Rosa Bonheur is a French animal painter and sculptor of the nineteenth century, celebrated for her closely observed cattle, sheep and horses rendered in oil, bronze and works on paper. Her studies and finished compositions alike reveal a naturalist's attention to anatomy and movement, extending from pastoral landscapes to preparatory drawings for her major canvases. This archive gathers ten works spanning 1840 to 1879, chiefly oil on canvas and bronze alongside graphite, black chalk and wash drawings, including sheets connected to "The Horse Fair."

10 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Landscape with Cattle

· Graphite on blue paper faded to gray

Sheet of Studies for "The Horse Fair"

1840–99 · Black chalk and graphite

Illustrated letter to M. Roland

1840–99 · Pen and brown ink on machine-laid paper

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

1852–53 · Black chalk and graphite, heightened with white

The Horse Fair

1852–55 · Oil on canvas

Weaning the Calves

1879 · Oil on canvas

Study for "The Horse Fair"

19th century · Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white

A Limier Briquet Hound

ca. 1856 · Oil on canvas

Walking Bull

modeled 1846 · Bronze

Shorn Ewe (Brebis Tondue)

modeled ca. 1842, cast probably before 1891 · Bronze