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Blereau (Badger)

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and Jean Eric Rehn after Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Associated Names

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas

Artist, French, 1707 - 1783

Jean Eric Rehn

Artist, Swedish, 1717 - 1793

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist After, French, 1686 - 1755

This is a drawing of a badger laying on the ground. The drawing shows the badger in a resting posture, with its legs tucked beneath its body and its head turned slightly. The badger's facial features, including the black and white stripes on its face, are detailed. The background is minimal, focusing on the badger and suggesting the texture of the ground beneath it.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving
Credit Line

Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)
Accession Number

1970.10.7
Catalogue Raisonné

Locquin 1912, no. 840

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1912

Locquin, Jean. "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Jean-Baptiste Oudry ..." Archives de l'Art francais n.s. 6 (1912): 1-209.

Wikidata ID

Q65509894

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