Ragotin dans le coffre

1737

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist, French, 1686 - 1755

This is a drawing of an interior room with period furnishings. The image depicts a room with various pieces of furniture such as a bed with a canopy, a chair, and a chest. The scene captures an elaborate room with intricate details. A canopy bed is partially visible on the left side, and an ornate mirror hangs on the wall near a large window with multiple panes, partially open. The furniture includes a high-backed chair with fabric draped over it, positioned beside a large decorative chest. The drawing reflects an 18th-century setting with rich details capturing the textures and lighting within the space. The scene is composed using a combination of light and dark shading to create depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.8 x 27.9 cm (12 15/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.107

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Opperman 1977, no. 193


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified mark, ARD, on former mount (Lugt 172)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Opperman, Hal N. "Oudry Illustrateur: le Roman Comique de Scarron" Gazette des Beaux Arts 6e per., 70 (1967): 347, no.24.

1977

  • Opperman, Hal N. Jean-Baptiste Oudry. 2 vols. New York and London, 1977.

Inscriptions

lower right in black chalk: JB Oudry / 1737

Wikidata ID

Q64581168

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