The Fox and the Turkey Hens: Illustration for the Fables of La Fontaine

Jean-Baptiste Oudry1733

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Title: The Fox and the Turkey Hens: Illustration for the Fables of La Fontaine
Creator: Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686-1755)
Date Created: 1733
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31 x 26 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Image: 24 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Provenance: collection of the artist, Montenault, the bothers De Bure, [sale of J.-J. De Bure, 1853, no. 344], Adolphe Thibaudeau, [Solar sale, 1860, no. 627], Morgand, Paris, M. Roederer, Reims, Rosenbach, New York, Private collection, New York, all according to Opperman 1977, p. 683: collection of the artist; c. 1751sold to Montenault (not in Lugt). the bothers De Bure, by 1828 (not in Lugt); [sale of J.-J. De Bure, 1853, no. 344] (no sale listed by Lugt); Adolphe Thibaudeau (no article in Lugt, but see under 2473). [Solar sale, 1860, no. 627] (sale not cited by Lugt). Morgand, Paris, c. 1876 (not in Lugt); M. Roederer, Reims (not in Lugt); Rosenbach, New York, c. 1930 (not in Lugt); Private collection, New York. [Claus Virch]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.93
Medium: brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink
Inscriptions: signed, lower right, in brown ink: JB. Oudry / 1733; VERSO, upper center, in brown ink: 103.
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, 18th century
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 1977.93

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