Study of a Ewe

Albert Bierstadt

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

In this detailed animal study, the landscape painter Albert Bierstadt used a combination of fine outlines and soft strokes to capture the woolly texture of a sheep’s full coat with palpable realism. Most likely executed on a summer sketching trip in the German countryside during Bierstadt’s years of study in Düsseldorf, the drawing is typical of his plein air nature studies, which provided the raw materials for his well-known monumental landscape paintings.

Caption

Albert Bierstadt American, born Germany, 1830–1902. Study of a Ewe, ca. 1855. Black crayon and red and white chalk on blue-green, medium-weight, slightly textured laid paper., sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 1/16 in. (26.8 × 35.7 cm) frame: 17 1/8 × 23 1/8 × 2 in. (43.5 × 58.7 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg, 1990.101.2. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.101.2_IMLS_PS3.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Study of a Ewe

Date

ca. 1855

Medium

Black crayon and red and white chalk on blue-green, medium-weight, slightly textured laid paper.

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 1/16 in. (26.8 × 35.7 cm) frame: 17 1/8 × 23 1/8 × 2 in. (43.5 × 58.7 × 5.1 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Credit Line

Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg

Accession Number

1990.101.2

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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