Sujet

Rosa Bonheur, Lion Cubs, n.d., oil on canvas, 25 in. x 31 1/4 in. (63.5 cm x 79.4 cm), The Walker sisters received this painting of two lion cubs from their friend Anna Klumpke, who had inherited artist Rosa Bonheur's estate after her death in 1899. The Walker sisters had previously visited the renowned animal painter's studio in France and requested a copy of one of her famous horse studies, but Bonheur died before the order was fulfilled. Klumpke, a portrait artist in Boston, had moved to Paris to study with Bonheur and became her close companion. A friend of Mary Sophia Walker's since paint

Légende

Rosa Bonheur, Lion Cubs, n.d., oil on canvas, 25 in. x 31 1/4 in. (63.5 cm x 79.4 cm), The Walker sisters received this painting of two lion cubs from their friend Anna Klumpke, who had inherited artist Rosa Bonheur's estate after her death in 1899. The Walker sisters had previously visited the renowned animal painter's studio in France and requested a copy of one of her famous horse studies, but Bonheur died before the order was fulfilled. Klumpke, a portrait artist in Boston, had moved to Paris to study with Bonheur and became her close companion. A friend of Mary Sophia Walker's since painting her portrait in the 1890s, Klumpke instead sent this painting as well as a pastel portrait she had drawn of Bonheur from life.

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Photographe : Artokoloro

Crédit

Photo12/Alamy/Artokoloro

Notre référence

LMY21T03_2B0BX9C

Utilisation

uniquement en France

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79,6Mo (3,9Mo) / 50,5cm x 39,5cm / 5964 x 4666 (300dpi)

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