On trouve le corps mort de l'hote que l'on avait cache

1727

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist, French, 1686 - 1755

This is a drawing of a group of women in a domestic interior. The scene depicts four women in an artistically detailed interior setting. One figure is leaning forward with arms raised, while the others are engaged in searching or displaying activities around the room. The fireplace houses a decorative relief or mirror with intricate designs. The artist has used shading and highlights to create depth and texture, emphasizing the fabric of the women's gowns. The use of contrasting white chalk on brown paper enhances the overall dramatic effect of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.7 x 28 cm (12 7/8 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.104

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Opperman 1977, no. 191

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.22, fig.11.

1977

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

2009

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009: 112, fig. 1 (color).

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: JB Oudry / 1727

Wikidata ID

Q64581164

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