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Artists›Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer

1809–1893

WA-00015386

Zürich, Switzerland

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery

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Artworks (79)

Flying Geese

1873 · Etching on cream laid paper

Image: 9.4 × 13.2 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 10.4 × 14.1 cm (4 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 18 × 25.4 cm (7 1/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chevreuils aux aguets

1867 · zincography on paper

height: 317 cm, width: 235 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vogels bij een regenton in het struikgewas

1866 · zincography on paper

height: 232 cm, width: 167 cm

Rijksmuseum

Peacocks on a Bough

1865 · Etching on cream laid paper

Image: 19.6 × 12.9 cm (7 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 23.8 × 16.1 cm (9 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.); Sheet: 37.9 × 27.4 cm (14 15/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Un Abri (A Shelter)

1858 · lithograph in black on chine collé

sheet: 25.1 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.) support: 43.5 x 29.9 cm (17 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Les Ours (The Bears)

1858 · etching in black on chine collé

sheet: 21.6 x 17.6 cm (8 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.) support: 38 x 26.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Hare Pursued by a Goshawk

1858 · lithograph on chine collé

Sheet: 62.5 x 45 cm (24 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.); Image: 39.5 x 30.5 cm (15 9/16 x 12 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Morning: Stags and Does

1858 · Tint lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 29 × 46.1 cm (11 7/16 × 18 3/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 63 cm (17 3/4 × 24 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Pheasants in a Forest

1855 · Etching

Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (21.2 × 16.3 cm) Plate: 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (16.5 × 11.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canards

1855 · lithograph on chine collé

Sheet: 31.5 x 45 cm (12 3/8 x 17 11/16 in.); Image: 18 x 27.2 cm (7 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Peacocks on a Branch

1855 · Etching

Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (28.9 × 20.7 cm) Plate: 9 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (24 × 16.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Pigs Near a Fence

1855 · Etching

Sheet: 7 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (18.6 × 26 cm) Plate: 4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in. (12 × 16 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Deer at Rest

1855 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, from "Eaux-Fortes Animaux & Paysages"

1855 · Etching

Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (26 × 18.6 cm) Plate: 6 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (15.6 × 12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Deliverance of the Daughters of Daniel Boone and Callaway, plate two from Histoire des Premiere Colons d'Amerique

1852 · Tint lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 36.1 × 53 cm (14 1/4 × 20 7/8 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 59 cm (17 11/16 × 23 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Forest

1851 · Lithograph in black on chine, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 63 × 50.2 cm (24 13/16 × 19 13/16 in.); Sheet: 78 × 58.5 cm (30 3/4 × 23 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animals and Landscape after Nature: Wild Boar in a Pond

1845 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Encampment of Piekann Indians

1842 · Hand-colored lithograph on paper

Sheet: 51 x 36 cm (20 1/16 x 14 3/16")

National Portrait Gallery

Fox on the Prowl

1840 · Lithograph on paper

18.2 × 29.2 cm (7 3/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ein Monitari Indianer

1839 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Ruined Towers Overlooking the Rhine

1835 · pen and black ink and brush and gray ink with gray wash and graphite on wove paper

overall: 45.8 x 57.9 cm (18 1/16 x 22 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Deer

1835 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Design for a Plate

1825 · Pen and black ink, over black chalk on blue paper

12 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (31.1 x 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Design for a Plate Decorated with a Bird and Plant Motifs

1825 · Graphite, brush and brown wash; squared for transfer

12 3/16 x 12 1/16 in. (31 x 30.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (7)

79 published of 84 catalogued · 81 with image

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The Met
10 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published5 img
Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
Smithsonian
1 published1 img
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

23 entries · 2 sources

Canards
1855 · Cleveland · 3 prov
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Chevreuil
1809 · Nga · 3 prov
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A Forest Clearing
1809 · Nga · 3 prov
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Renard à l'affût
1809 · Nga · 2 prov
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Au bord de l'eau
1809 · Nga · 2 prov
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Les ours
1809 · Nga · 2 prov
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Escargots et papillons
1809 · Nga · 2 prov
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Faisans
1809 · Nga · 2 prov
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Un Coin de Jardin
1809 · Nga · 2 prov
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Marcassins
1809 · Nga · 2 prov
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Herten in een landschap (1819 - ca. 1854)

Rijksmuseum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Animals and Landscape after Nature: Wild Boar in a Pond (c. 1850)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Deliverance of the Daughters of Daniel Boone and Callaway, plate two from Histoire des Premiere Colons d'Amerique (1852)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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