Reclining Ox
Bonheur made figures such as this primarily to serve as models for sketches which would be useful in her paintings.
Artwork Details
- Title: Reclining Ox
- Artist: Rosa Bonheur (French, Bordeaux 1822–1899 Thomery)
- Founder: Cast by François-August-Hippolyte Peyrol (French, 1856–1929)
- Date: modeled 1846
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Bronze, dark brown patina; wood base
- Dimensions: Overall (without base): 5 3/4 × 11 3/8 in. (14.6 × 28.9 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
- Credit Line: Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
- Object Number: 39.65.62a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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