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Le loup et le chasseur (The Wolf and the Hunter)

published 1756

A.-J. de Fehrt after Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Associated Names

A.-J. de Fehrt

Artist, French, 1723 - 1774

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist After, French, 1686 - 1755

The image shows a wolf holding an arrow in its mouth, standing upright near a hunter and a wild boar. Three deer are hanging from a tree on the left. The landscape features trees, a cloudy sky, and a bird flying. The colors consist of earthy tones, greens, browns, reddish hues, grays, blues, and white.

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Artwork overview

Medium

hand-colored etching
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ware
Accession Number

1975.81.9
Catalogue Raisonné

Locquin 1912, no. 1117

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

Q65564204

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