# The Call of the Stag

**Rosa Bonheur** (French, 1822–1899)  
1890s  
Pastel on brown paper, laid down on board  
49 × 63.8 cm (19 5/16 × 25 1/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.206. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/257852).

## About this work

Rosa Bonheur painted this in the 1890s, aged about 68. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of pastel on brown paper, laid down on board.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Pastel.** Sticks of almost pure pigment with very little binder. The colour sits on the paper as powder: bright, matte and fragile.

### [Rosa Bonheur](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/rosa-bonheur)

French, 1822–1899; born in Bordeaux; died in Thomery

Bonheur trained with her father, the painter Raymond Bonheur, and studied animals closely in fields, markets and slaughterhouses, obtaining police permission to wear trousers for the purpose. The Horse Fair, shown at the Salon of 1853, brought her international fame, and she became the most celebrated woman artist of her day and the first to receive the Legion of Honour for her art. She lived and worked for decades at By, near Fontainebleau, in the commune of Thomery.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 68
- Real size: about 19 × 25 in (49 × 63 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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