Signed, lower left: Rosa Bonheur 1867

collection Dexter M. Ferry (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Mrs. Queene Ferry Coonley

1920-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Rosa Bonheur, Deer in Repose, 1867, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Queene Ferry Coonley, 20.93.