Chauvet Cave / Chauvet Pont d'Arc Cave / Recess of the Bears; Bear / Prehistoric; Creation date: ca. 20,000 BCE, Creation date: ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE

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Work Title: Chauvet Cave; Chauvet Pont d'Arc Cave
View Title: Recess of the Bears; Bear
Creator/Culture: Prehistoric Europe
Site/Repository: Creation location: Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche Gorge (Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France)
Period/Date: Prehistoric; Creation date: ca. 20,000 BCE, Creation date: ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE
Media/Technique: paint on limestone; painting (image-making)
Subjects: Bears; Caves; Cave paintings; Art, Prehistoric; Paleolithic period; Paintings (visual works)
Work Record ID: 158304
Image Record ID: 1293251
Digital filename: 07d113811
Classification Filing Number: 330; 35C511; 9C; *.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 220041
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 05:34:20

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 1800 x 1200
File Size: 287 KB
Record: 1293251
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1293251/07d113811

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1293251. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1293251/07d113811. May 06, 2025.