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Rosa BONHEUR (1822-1899), study of a ram's head,...

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Rosa BONHEUR (1822-1899), study of a ram's head, oil on paper mounted on canvas, (wear) signed upper left, (trace of stamp on the back), 14,5X13 ( To be compared with the work "Ten studies of a ram", oil on canvas, Gift of Mrs Anna Klumpke, 1900. RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay). Rosa Bonheur gained international fame during her lifetime, admired by monarchs, the Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, but also supported by art dealers, she quickly escaped from Parisian life to settle in a manor house in the country (her works are hung in all the major international museums, including the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Figure of feminism. )