Les deux chiens et l'ane mort (Two Dogs and the Dead Donkey)

published 1756

Elie du Mesnil

Associated Names
Elie du Mesnil

Artist, French, born 1726 or 1728

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Artist After, French, 1686 - 1755

The image shows a waterway with two dogs interacting with a floating carcass. Small boats are on the river, and a village with red-roofed structures and church steeples is seen in the distance. The horizon is at the upper third of the picture, with a pale sky. The painting is detailed with a soft color palette of earth tones for the land and blues and greys for the water and sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ware

  • Accession Number

    1975.81.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Locquin 1912, no. 1115

  • Series Title

    La Fontaine's "Fables": Fable CLXVII

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

Q65567969

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