Anna Elizabeth Klumpke; Portrait of Rosa Bonheur; 1898; pastel on paper; 21 7/8 in. x 17 15/16 in. (55.5 cm. x 45.5 cm.); Anna Klumpke's pastel portrait of the French painter Rosa Bonheur was created a year before Bonheur's death. Celebrated in her day as the most famous female painter of the nineteenth century; Bonheur was known for her realistic renderings of animals; especially horses. Klumpke; a native of San Francisco and a student at the Acad閙ie Julian in Paris; met Bonheur in France in 1889. Shortly thereafter the two women began a partnership that lasted until Bonheur's death. At that time Klumpke inherited Bonheur's estate and studio and for many years worked to preserve her artistic legacy. In this pastel drawing; which served as a preparatory sketch for a larger oil portrait now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Klumpke depicts Bonheur wearing her medal of the Order of the Legion of Honor.