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    Study of a Cow
    Emile van Marcke de Lummen. Study of a Cow, c. 1875–90. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00001326

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    Study of a Cow

    by Emile van Marcke de Lummen

    Inscriptions

    Inscribed lower left: Em. van Marcke

    Provenance

    Henry Field (died 1890), Chicago; his widow Mrs. Florence Lathrop Field; given to the Art Institute, 1894.

    Publications

    “Drift of the Dog Days,” The Collector 4, 16 (1893), p. 247. Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture, and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1894), p. 57, no. 40. “The Henry Field Memorial Collection,” Art Amateur 31, 6 (1894), p. 115. “Art Institute of Chicago: II – Modern Paintings: The Henry Field Collection,” Art Amateur 32, 1 (1894), p. 19. Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report of the Trustees for the Year Ending June 4, 1895 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1895), p. 37, no. 40. Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1895), p. 68, no. 40. Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1896), p. 75, no. 40. Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1898), p. 95, no. 40. “Chicago, ILL.: The Art Institute of Chicago,” in American Art Annual 1898 (London: Macmillan & Co., 1899), p. 140, no. 40. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1901), p. 164, no. 140. Frederick Clifton Pierce, Field Genealogy, vol. 2 (Chicago: Hammond Press, 1901), p. 713, no. 40. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1904), p. 169, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings and Other Objects (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1907), p. 181, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings and Other Objects (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1910), p. 172, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1913), p. 116, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1914), p. 120, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Architecture (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1917), p. 120, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), p. 25, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), p. 25, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, and Paintings (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 25, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), p. 155, no. 140. Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 175.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Emile van Marcke de Lummen (French, 1827–1890)
    Date
    c. 1875–90
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    56.6 × 83.5 cm (22 1/4 × 32 7/8 in.); Framed: 92.8 × 119.4 × 10.2 cm (36 1/2 × 47 × 4 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    painting
    Style
    nineteenth century
    Place
    France
    Department
    Painting and Sculpture of Europe
    Credit line
    Henry Field Memorial Collection
    Accession no.
    1894.1072

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