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Study of Pigs, c. 1855. Oil on paper, mounted on canvas.
Oil on paper, mounted on canvas · 27 × 35.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Study of Pigs
- Artist
- Alexandre Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803–1860)
- Date
- c. 1855
- Medium
- Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27 × 35.4 cm (11 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Framed: 36.2 × 44.1 × 5.1 cm (14 1/4 × 17 3/8 × 2 in.)
- Credit line
- Henry Field Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1803–1860
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




