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1737

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist, French, 1686 - 1755

The image depicts a pastoral scene from an elevated perspective, showing figures and landscape. The horizon is low with a line of trees, blending into the sky. Delicate and precise brushstrokes create detailed figures and foliage. A muted color palette of browns, grays, and blues adds a serene quality. Figures are engaged in conversation, some on horseback, in the foreground. The background features trees and fields, adding tranquility to 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: 33 x 44.2 cm (13 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.276

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Opperman 1977, no. 188

  • Series Title

    Scarron's Le Roman Comique

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1956

  • Art and the Theater, Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, DC, 1956.

Bibliography

1967

  • Opperman, Hal N. "Oudry Illustrateur: le Roman Comique de Scarron" Gazette des Beaux Arts 6e per., LXX 1967, p.347, no.19, fig.8.

1977

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

Inscriptions

lower center in white chalk: JB Oudry / 1737

Wikidata ID

Q64581171

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