Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011796Sheep
by Rosa Bonheur
Inscriptions
signed, lower left, in brown wash: Rosa Bonheur / -1861- ; VERSO, 1629 [illegible] [partially masked]
Exhibition history
Animals as Romantic Icons in French Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 6-July 27, 1986). French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995). Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822–1899)
- Date
- 1861
- Medium
- brush and brown wash over graphite, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized to pink)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20.8 x 31.8 cm (8 3/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Accession no.
- 1915.716
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