Cow Lowing over a Fence

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.

Cow Lowing over a Fence

Fratin, Christophe

model c. 1845/1864, cast possibly by 1865

Accession Number

1983.65.1

Medium

bronze

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.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon