Les poissons et le cormoran (The Fish and theCormorant)

published 1759

Quentin-Pierre Chedel

Associated Names
Quentin-Pierre Chedel

Artist, French, 1705 - 1763

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist After, French, 1686 - 1755

The image shows a landscape with a cormorant catching a fish in the water. Trees, buildings with red-tiled roofs, an arched stone bridge, and distant towers are also visible. The colors are mainly green, brown, red, and pastel tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ware

  • Accession Number

    1975.81.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Locquin 1912, no. 1145

  • Series Title

    La Fontaine's "Fables": Fable CXCII

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1912

  • Locquin, Jean. "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Jean-Baptiste Oudry ..." Archives de l'Art francais n.s. 6 (1912): 1-209.

Wikidata ID

Q65576338

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