This painting features a large, cream-colored cow with brown patches standing in a pastoral setting, facing the left. The cow has short horns above its pink ears, as well as brown hooves, a brown nose, and a round black eye. It seems to be standing on a hill, and behind it is a wooden fence and a wide field of green grass that slopes downward into the distance. On the left there are some dark green trees, and the sky is pale blue-gray.

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A Young Bull

Attributed to painter John Woodhouse Audubon (American, 1812 - 1862)

c. 1849

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 35.3 x 50.5 cm (13 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.) ; framed: 42.6 x 57.8 x 1.9 cm (16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line: Gift of E.J.L. Hallstrom
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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