Month: March 2021

La foire aux chevaux (1852-1855)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) La foire aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) 1852–1855 Oil on canvas, 244.5 x 506.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This, Bonheur’s best-known painting, shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l’Hôpital, near…

Sevrage des veaux (1879)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Sevrage des veaux (Weaning the Calves) 1879 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The scene is probably located on one of the high pasturelands of the Pyrenees. Rosa Bonheur took a trip…

Boeuf couché (1846)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Boeuf couché (Reclining Ox) modeled 1846 Bronze, dark brown patina; wood base, 14.6 × 28.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bonheur made figures such as this primarily to serve as models for sketches which would be useful in…

Brebis tondue (c.1842)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Brebis tondue (Shorn Ewe) modeled c.1842, cast probably before 1891 Bronze, 14.6 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Limier Briquet Hound (c.1856)

Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) Limier Briquet Hound c.1856 Oil on canvas, 36.8 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, made from life about 1856, depicts a dog that belonged to a gentleman known as the Vicomte d’Armaille. It…