Reproduced from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, public domain). Provenance ↗
Realism
The Horse Fair
$860Edition of 150
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Eight feet of muscle and dust. Rosa Bonheur dressed as a man to sketch the horse market and painted the result better than anyone alive.
| Artist | Rosa Bonheur |
| Date | 1852–55 |
| Original medium | Oil on canvas |
| Original size | 96 1/4 x 199 1/2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm) |
| Movement | Realism |
| Edition | Edition of 150 |
| Giclée on 310gsm cotton rag |
French animalière (1822–1899), the most celebrated woman painter of her century, granted permission to wear trousers to study animals.
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