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Fighting Stags by Moonlight
Artist/Maker
Georges Frederic Rotig
(France, 1873 - 1961)
Date1900
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 49 × 63 7/8 in. (124.5 × 162.2 cm)
frame: 60 × 74 1/2 in. (152.4 × 189.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
Object numberW1997.019
DescriptionTwo deer fight on the bank of a river at night. The deer on the right butts his head into the other deer, trying to push him into the water. The front of the picture is in a shadow. the scene is lit from the back by the light of the moon.Status
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