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Pine Marten Attacking Cock Capercaillie

Artist/Maker Bruno Liljefors Sweden, 1860 - 1939
Date1923
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 47 1/4 × 63 1/4 in. (120 × 160.7 cm) frame: 54 1/4 × 70 1/4 in. (137.8 × 178.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the 2003 Collectors Circle, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM2003.052
ClassificationsPainting
DescriptionA pine marten attacks a cock capercaillie in a tree. The green, full tree branches dominate the scene.
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Exhibitions
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1908
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1928
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1917
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1912
Peregrine Falcon Study
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1920
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