Art, literature & history
Black-Footed Ferret
1840/1846
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 55.5 x 68.5 cm (21 7/8 x 26 15/16 in.) framed: 62.2 x 75.3 x 1.9 cm (24 1/2 x 29 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1951.9.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
John Woodhouse Audubon. Black-Footed Ferret. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Black-Footed Ferret — John Woodhouse Audubon. 1840/1846.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 55.5 x 68.5 cm (21 7/8 x 26 15/16 in.) framed: 62.2 x 75.3 x 1.9 cm (24 1/2 x 29 5/8 x 3/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1951.9.1. Gift of E.J.L. Hallstrom.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.