# Bull

- By: Emmanuel Fremiet (Produced by Émile Muller et Cie. (Ivry-sur-Seine, France, 1854–1908))
- Date: c. 1896
- Medium: Glazed stoneware
- Classification: Ceramics
- Dimensions: 55 × 59 × 30 cm (21 11/16 × 23 1/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Constance T. and Donald W. Patterson through the Old Masters Society
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/246811)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/40b22867-9251-4194-0981-f4db6394142f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This bull and its pelican companion are in fact chimeras: imaginative beasts composed of disparate body parts from two or more animals. French sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet merged the contemporary fascination with medieval imagery—particularly gargoyles—with his lifelong zoological studies. The gothic influence shows in each creature’s set of batlike wings, while the pelican’s mismatched but eerily realistic frog body displays Fremiet’s naturalist bent.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0