Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

1885

Rosa Bonheur
French, 1822-1899

Currently Off View: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Rosa Bonheur
Title: Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps
Origin: France
Date: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left: Rosa Bonheur 1885
Dimensions: 54.9 × 66.4 cm (21 5/8 × 26 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: A. A. Munger Collection
Reference Number: 1901.451

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Albert A. Munger (died 1898), Chicago; on loan to the Art Institute from at least 1894 [see Art Institute of Chicago 1894]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1901; lent to Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College on long-term loan, 1922–1950.

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