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Weasel on Watch
Weasel on Watch

Weasel on Watch

Artist/Maker Francois Furet Switzerland, 1842 - 1919
Datec. 1890
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsframe: 72 × 52 1/4 in. (182.9 × 132.7 cm) image: 59 1/4 × 39 1/2 in. (150.5 × 100.3 cm)
Credit LineNational Museum of Wildlife Art Collection
Object numberM2003.022
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned lower left
On View
Not on view
DescriptionWeasel on tree stump in foreground, walking back in a field. Flock of birds flying away to the right of the canvas. This is likely Martus foina, aka the house, stone, or beech martin, known for living in people's attics in Europe. See Karl Bodmer's print - Un dangereux voisinage. - (Les martes). For a similar composition.