A Bull Sleeping

Johann Heinrich Roos, c. 1672

This is a drawing of a bull lying down with its legs tucked beneath its body and its head resting toward its side. The detailed depiction shows the texture of the bull's fur and musculature with fine lines. The bull… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Johann Heinrich Roos ¹
Date: c. 1672 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 4,981 × 3,410 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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