Misse and Luttine
1729
Painter, French, 1686 - 1755


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 53
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 97.8 x 131.5 cm (38 1/2 x 51 3/4 in.)
framed: 123.2 x 159.4 x 12.7 cm (48 1/2 x 62 3/4 x 5 in.) -
Accession
1994.53.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Commissioned 1729 by Louis XV, King of France [1710-1774].[1] (anonymous dealer, London); purchased c. 1944 by Peter Coats, Kelvedon Hall, Brentwood, Essex, and London;[2] purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw, New York, by 1977; gift 1994 to the NGA.
[1] This painting is related to a group of portraits of dogs belonging to Louis XV and destined for the royal chateau at Compiègne. For its early history, see Georges de Lastic, "Desportes et Oudry, Peintres des chasses royales," Connoisseur 196 (December 1977): 294, and Hal Opperman, J-B Oudry, 1686-1755, exh. cat., Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1983: 126-127.
[2] Peter Coats describes how he purchased the painting from a Sloane Street shop that had been bombed during World War II. See his letter to Eugene Thaw, dated 29 August 1984, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 86-87, color repro.
Bibliography
1977
Lastic, Georges de. "Desportes et Oudry, Peintres des chasses royales." The Connoisseur 196 (December 1977): 290-299, fig. C, color repro.
2009
Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: no. 77, 357-360, color repro.
Inscriptions
center left on socle: J.B, Oudry / 1729; across bottom under each dog: MISSE / LVTTINE
Wikidata ID
Q20177834