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Source Description
Rosa Bonheur was the first woman artist to receive the Cross of the French Legion of Honor, a French civilian and military decoration. She achieved great official and commercial success, especially for her carefully finished and naturalistic paintings of animals. This watercolor displays Bonheur's technical mastery and her close study of anatomy, as well as her appreciation for the natural beauty of the horses. The animals are arranged in a shallow frieze across the long composition, and their manicured tails, along with the riders' costumes and the finely-wrought iron fence, identify them as stock from the historic national breeding stables.
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Document identity
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166702
label
Return from the Horse Fair
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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166702
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drawing
title
Return from the Horse Fair
description
Rosa Bonheur was the first woman artist to receive the Cross of the French Legion of Honor, a French civilian and military decoration. She achieved great official and commercial success, especially for her carefully finished and naturalistic paintings of animals. This watercolor displays Bonheur's technical mastery and her close study of anatomy, as well as her appreciation for the natural beauty of the horses. The animals are arranged in a shallow frieze across the long composition, and their manicured tails, along with the riders' costumes and the finely-wrought iron fence, identify them as stock from the historic national breeding stables.
date
1873
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79997319
creators
1557
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 25.9 x 56.7 cm (10 3/16 x 22 5/16 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
2008.41
Source extras
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watercolor and gouache over graphite
tombstone
Return from the Horse Fair, 1873. Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822–1899). Watercolor and gouache over graphite; sheet: 25.9 x 56.7 cm (10 3/16 x 22 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.410
supportMaterials
description
beige wove paper, laid down on cardboard
collection
DR - French
didYouKnow
This drawing is one of numerous sheets relating to a large-scale painting now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
citations
citation
Klumpke, Anna. <em>Rosa Bonheur; sa vie, son œuvre</em>. Paris: Flammarion, 1909.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 283
citation
Christie, Manson & Woods, London. <em>Ancient and Modern Pictures and Drawings</em>. June 28, 1940. Lot 3.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 3
citation
Christie, Manson, & Woods, London. <em>Modern Pictures and Drawings, The Property of Sir Jeremiah Colman</em>. Lot 2.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 2
citation
Stanton, Theodore, ed. <em>Reminiscences of Rosa Bonheur</em>. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1910. Reprint, New York: Hacker Art Books, 1976.
page_number
Mentioned: p. xi
citation
Rohowsky, Peter S. <em>French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors.</em> Exh. Cat. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1977.
page_number
Reproduced: no. 10
citation
Klumpke, Anna. <em>Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)Biography</em>. Translated by Gretchen van Slyke. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 278
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 48, p. 106-107; Reproduced: p. 107
creditline
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:52.026000
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166702
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Drawings
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DR - French
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watercolor and gouache over graphite
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female
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1
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0
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photo
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