Wolf

This magnificent wolf proves the skills of the excellent painter Giuseppe Baldrighi, who was sent to Paris in 1752 by Don Filippo di Borbone of Parma to study in François Boucher's atelier.
During his stay, Baldrighi was also able to approach the painting of Jean-Baptiste Oudry and like him he painted several canvases depicting the ferocious animals he could study from life at the menagerie of Versailles.
The meticulous and brilliant brushstrokes, clearly of French influence, well render the physicality of the fur and fangs of the beast.