• Théophile Alexandre Steinlen: L’histoire du chien de Brisquet, 1900; book bound in red morocco with gold tooling; 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.; BAMPFA, gift of T. R. McConnell.

Five Tables of Animals at Home and on the Farm

Drop by our art study centers on Free First Thursday for an up-close look at treasures from the BAMPFA collections. On view this session: a 1795 lithograph of cows by George Morland; folk art sketches celebrating the Year of the Horse by Takahashi Sakunosuke; the cozy Rembrandt etching The Virgin and Child with Cat; Lorna Simpson’s box of wishbones in multiple materials; Théophile Steinlen’s canine fable L’histoire du chien de Brisquet (The Story of Brisquet’s Dog), and more!