L'Arrivee de l'Operateur dans l'hotellerie

1727

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist, French, 1686 - 1755

This is a drawing of riders on horseback at the entrance of a building. The drawing shows two figures on horses, with a small monkey on the shoulder of one rider. The horses are in front of an arched doorway of a stone building. Some pedestrians are interacting with the riders. The architecture includes large windows, rooftops, and chimneys in the background. Light and shadow are depicted with detailed pencil strokes.

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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

    1951.10.106

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Opperman 1977, no. 181

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified mark, ARD, on mount (Lugt 172)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1951

  • French Painting, 1100-1900, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1951, no. 140, repro.

Bibliography

1967

  • Opperman, Hal N. "Oudry Illustrateur: le Roman Comique de Scarron" Gazette des Beaux Arts 6e per., LXX 1967, p.347, no.12.

1977

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

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: JB. Oudry 1727

Wikidata ID

Q64581166

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