# Descent of Cattle from the Pyrenees

**Emile van Marcke de Lummen** (French, 1827–1890)  
c. 1880  
Oil on canvas  
99.2 × 66.1 cm (39 × 26 in.); Framed: 94.9 × 127.9 × 11.5 cm (37 3/8 × 50 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.4473. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4800).

## About this work

Emile van Marcke de Lummen painted this in about 1880, aged about 48. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Emile van Marcke de Lummen](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/emile-van-marcke-de-lummen)

French, 1827–1890

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 48
- Real size: about 39 × 26 in (99 × 66 cm). The 30 × 40 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: cows, cattle, man, shepherds, animals, dog, landscape, mountains
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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