Highland Raid
c. 1900 National Museum of Women in the Arts
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a large herd of Highland cattle and sheep being driven by two drovers across a rugged, windswept landscape, with a dramatic, cloudy sky overhead and mountains in the distance.
Did you know?
Rosa Bonheur was one of the most famous female painters of the 19th century and was particularly renowned for her anatomical precision in animal painting. To achieve such realism, she famously obtained police permission to dress in men's clothing so she could visit Parisian slaughterhouses and horse fairs to study animals firsthand, a practice that was highly unconventional for a woman of her era.
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Highland Raid
Rosa Bonheur, c. 1900
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