A Limier Briquet Hound
ca. 1856
Rosa Bonheur, the 19th-century superstar of animal painting, captures a Briquet Hound in a moment of pure, frozen alertness. Standing tall in a shadowy forest, the dog’s nose is twitching as if it’s just caught a tantalizing scent on the wind. Bonheur was famous for her intense study of anatomy—she even obtained special police permission to wear men's clothing to visit slaughterhouses and farms to sketch freely—which explains why this hound looks ready to leap off the canvas at any second.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
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