Rosa Bonheur, Sheep in the Highlands

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Rosa Bonheur, Sheep in the Highlands, 1857, oil on canvas, 46 x 65 cm (Wallace Collection, London)

The Wallace Collection suggests that this painting is likely the result of a trip that the artist made to Scotland the previous year.

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Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Rosa Bonheur, Sheep in the Highlands," in Smarthistory, November 27, 2015, accessed January 17, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/rosa-bonheur-sheep-in-the-highlands/.