Cow Lowing over a Fence
model c. 1845/1864, cast possibly by 1865
Artist, French, 1801 - 1864
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G8
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 25.3 x 40.5 x 6 cm (9 15/16 x 15 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
framed: 28 x 44 x 6 cm (11 x 17 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1983.65.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection; (Mallett at Bourdon House Limited, London), by November 1962; sold 1964 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] A. S. Ciechanowiechi, letter to to Anne Halpern dated 30 July 1996 (in NGA curatorial files). The verso bears handwritten numbers that may reflect dealers' or auction inventories as yet untraced: an encircled 7 (handwritten by an apparently modern hand in chalk); and an adhesive tag with the handwritten code number, also apparently modern, T-125.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
The "Animaliers": French Animal Sculpture of the 19th Century, Mallett at Bourdon House Limited, London, 1962, no. 45.
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 91, repro.
2000
Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 230-233, color repro.
Inscriptions
upper left reverse, by cold-work: n 2 [an inscription to its right has been obliterated by cold-work]
Wikidata ID
Q63860760