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King of the Forest

Artist/Maker Rosa Bonheur France, 1822 - 1899
Date1897
MediumPastel on Linen
Dimensionsimage: 60 × 44 in. (152.4 × 111.8 cm) frame: 82 × 67 × 6 in. (208.3 × 170.2 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds generously donated by the Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr Foundation, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM2007.055
ClassificationsDrawing
Keyword
SignedSigned
InscribedRosa Bonheur 1897 LLC
On View
On view
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DescriptionNight scene of a European stag deer standing in the forest with three does standing to the right of him. Has original frame.
Tiger
Rosa Bonheur
n.d.
Deer at Fontainebleau
Rosa Bonheur
c. 1870
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c. 1890
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Sir Edwin H. Landseer
1852
Courtesy National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1926
Wapiti Study
Robert Bateman
1978
Fighting Stags by Moonlight
Georges Frédéric Rötig
1900
Wyoming Velvet
Tim Shinabarger