Blereau (Badger)

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas

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

  • Series Title

    Recueil de divers animaux de chasse: pl.6 [L. 835-846]

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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