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Artist: Francis Daniel Devlan (American, 1835 - 1870)

Date: 1857
Medium: oil on canvas
Credit Line:GIft, Miss Katharine McKnight and Mrs. H.H. Dickson
Object number: 1952.35.1
The low horizon line, subject matter and naturalistic details recall Dutch painting of the Golden Age. The low point of view makes the figure and animals appear more monumental and majestic.
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