Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair"

1852–53

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black chalk and graphite, heightened with white
Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (47.6 x 30.2 cm)
Collection no.: 1996.319
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Rosa Bonheur. Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair". Rosa Bonheur; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of David and Constance Yates, in memory of Vincent Rovauoux, 1996. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair" — Rosa Bonheur. 1852–53.

Medium: Black chalk and graphite, heightened with white. Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (47.6 x 30.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of David and Constance Yates, in memory of Vincent Rovauoux, 1996.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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