Rosa Bonheur
The Horse Fair
1853-55244.5 x 506.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower right: Rosa Bonheur 1853.5
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887
Literature
Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 63
Provenance
with Ernest Gambart, London, 1855–57, bought from the artist, sold to Wright
William P. Wright, Weehawken, N.J., 1857–66, sold to Stewart
Alexander T. Stewart, New York, 1866–d. 1876
his widow, Cornelia M. Stewart, New York, 1876–d. 1886
her estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 23-28 ff. March 1887, nr. 217, to Samuel P. Avery for Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York, 1887
Other works by Rosa Bonheur
The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood
1860-80
1860-80
Wild Boars in the Snow
c. 1872-77
c. 1872-77
Roe Deer
Brizo, a Shepherd's Dog
1864
1864
A Waggon and a Team of Horses
1852
1852