Rosa Bonheur Taureau Edition Ancienne SignÉ

ROSA BONHEUR 1822-1899 was the first woman artist to receive the coveted cross of the French Légion d'Honor en 1863 frrom the Empress ENGENIE under Napoleon trhe third .
Shde enjoyed considerable official success and celebrity internationally and was particular$ly esteemed in England and America
where the attracted the attention of artists and collectors.
Rosa Bonheur was interfested in both sculpture and painting from the early years and continued to make sculptures long after her reputation as
a painter has been achieved
the bronze is finished with a brown guilded patina sand signed in its base ROSA BONHEUR