The Project Gutenberg eBook, Rosa Bonheur, by Fr. (François) Crastre, Translated by Frederic Taber Cooper
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ROSA BONHEUR
MASTERPIECES IN COLOR
MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY - -
M. HENRY ROUJON
ROSA BONHEUR
(1822-1899)
| IN THE SAME SERIES | |
| REYNOLDS | LE BRUN |
| VELASQUEZ | CHARDIN |
| GREUZE | MILLET |
| TURNER | RAEBURN |
| BOTTICELLI | SARGENT |
| ROMNEY | CONSTABLE |
| REMBRANDT | MEMLING |
| BELLINI | FRAGONARD |
| FRA ANGELICO | DÜRER |
| ROSSETTI | LAWRENCE |
| RAPHAEL | HOGARTH |
| LEIGHTON | WATTEAU |
| HOLMAN HUNT | MURILLO |
| TITIAN | WATTS |
| MILLAIS | INGRES |
| LUINI | COROT |
| FRANZ HALS | DELACROIX |
| CARLO DOLCI | FRA LIPPO LIPPI |
| GAINSBOROUGH | PUVIS DE CHAVANNES |
| TINTORETTO | MEISSONIER |
| VAN DYCK | GÉRÔME |
| DA VINCI | VERONESE |
| WHISTLER | VAN EYCK |
| RUBENS | FROMENTIN |
| BOUCHER | MANTEGNA |
| HOLBEIN | PERUGINO |
| BURNE-JONES | HENNER |
PLATE I.—THE LION MEDITATING
(Rosa Bonheur Museum)
According to artists, the lion is the most difficult of all animals to paint, on account of the prodigious mobility of his physiognomy. Rosa Bonheur was able, thanks to her inimitable art, to catch and reproduce the fugitive facial expressions of the kingly beast,—expressions that the artist succeeded in securing during a visit to a certain menagerie, and which she managed to record with a most surprising vigour and fidelity.
