The Scene with the Tall Baguenodière

1726/1727

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist, French, 1686 - 1755

This is a drawing of a theatrical performance in a packed theater. The stage is in the background with performers, and the audience is engaged. The audience consists of seated and gallery viewers, expressing various reactions. The scene is busy with individuals in period clothing. The lower part of the drawing shows interaction and enjoyment, with scattered chairs and furnishings. The drawing is created using pencil and chalk, adding texture and movement to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, partially faded to brown

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.1 x 44.1 cm (13 1/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.275

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Opperman 1977, no. 206

  • Series Title

    Scarron's Le Roman Comique

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1982

  • J. B. Oudry, 1686-1755. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais. Paris, 1982, no. 55 (Hal Opperman).

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 112-113, 281, 2009, no. 47 (color).

Bibliography

1912

  • Cohen, Henry. Guide de l'amateur de livres à gravures de XVIIIe siècle. 6th ed., rev. and augmented by Seymour de Ricci. 2 vols. in 1. Paris, 1912: cols. 943-944.

1967

  • Opperman, Hal N. "Oudry Illustrateur: le Roman Comique de Scarron" _Gazette des Beaux- Arts_6e per., 70 (1967): 348, no. 37, fig.9.

1977

  • Opperman, Hal N. Jean-Baptiste Oudry. 2 vols. New York and London, 1977: 333, 348, no. 37, 335, fig. 9 (rev. and augmented Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 1972).

1983

  • Opperman, Hal N. J-B Oudry, 1686-1755. Exh. cat. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. Fort Worth, 1983: 132-133, fig. 76.

2004

  • Evers, Susanne, and Christoph Martin Vogtherr. Don Quichotte und Ragotin: Zwei komische Helden in den preussischen Königschlössern. Exh. cat. Schloss Charlottenburg. Berlin, 2004: 66.

  • Chaserant, Françoise, Christoph Martin Vogtherr, et al. De Vernie à Sans-Souci: Le Roman comique illustré. Exh. cat. Musé de Tessé. Le Mans, 2004: 53, 109.

Wikidata ID

Q64581170

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