This drawing shows a rocky, dark-blue landscape under an overcast night sky. In the center, a person on horseback stands on a tall rock. The person appears human, but they have tall, pointed ears on the top of their head, and their eyes are small points of bright orange. No other details are distinguishable. The horse they sit on stands tall, facing the right. Its mane and tail are blowing in the wind, and small streaks of orange light are coming out of its nostrils, as if it is breathing fire. Surrounding this large boulder, across the rest of the rocky landscape, a pack of dogs runs from…
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The Legend of the Wolves

Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822 - 1899)

1890s

Medium
charcoal with stumping and erasing, black chalk, and pastel on blue wove paper, edge mounted to paperboard
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall: 59.9 x 80.7 cm (23 9/16 x 31 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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