Jean-Baptiste Oudry

French, 1686 - 1755

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French painter and printmaker (1686-1755)

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Nicolas Besnier, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Beauvais Tapestry Factory, Dream of Rinaldo, c. 1751, tapestry: undyed wool warp; dyed wool and silk weft, Widener Collection, 1942.9.452

Dream of Rinaldo

Nicolas Besnier, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Beauvais Tapestry Factory · c. 1751 · tapestry: undyed wool warp; dyed wool and silk weft ·  Accession ID  1942.9.452

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Ragotin declame des vers; des paysans croient qu'il preche, 1737, black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.276

Ragotin declame des vers; des paysans croient qu'il preche

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1737 · black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1952.8.276

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Ragotin dans le coffre, 1737, black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.107

Ragotin dans le coffre

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1737 · black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1951.10.107

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, The Partridge and the Cocks, 1732, brush and black ink, gray wash, and white gouache on blue laid paper//royal blue wash border, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1978.50.1

The Partridge and the Cocks

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1732 · brush and black ink, gray wash, and white gouache on blue laid paper//royal blue wash border ·  Accession ID  1978.50.1

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, The Partridge Saves Her Young, 1732, brush and black ink, white gouache, and gray wash, with a simluated mount in blue and gray wash and pen and dark brown ink, on blue laid paper, Gift of Constance Mellon, 1978.45.1

The Partridge Saves Her Young

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1732 · brush and black ink, white gouache, and gray wash, with a simluated mount in blue and gray wash and pen and dark brown ink, on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1978.45.1

Two dogs, one with short white hair to our left and one with longer black hair to our right, stand in front of the base of a pair of columns set in a landscape in this horizontal painting. Both dogs stand with their heads to our left. The short-haired grayhound to our left leaps or is shown midstride with its front paws off the ground as it turns to look behind it, to our right. It has cream-colored fur with tawny brown spots near the base of its thin tail and covering its right eye and ear. The dog has a long, pointed snout, and its ribs show a little through its thin frame. To our right, the furry black dog has long ears, a short tail, and small white spots on its chest and lower lip. It stands planted on all four feet, looking at the grayhound with brown eyes. The tails of both dogs are raised as if in play. The caramel-brown, stone column base behind the grayhound is chipped and cracked in a few places, but supports a pair of columns that rise off the top edge of the canvas. The landscape beyond the dogs is painted with muted moss-green trees and a pale blue sky. A plant, possibly a marigold, grows from the scrubby green ground under the white dog. Names are written with capital, shiny gold letters under each dog. The name “MISSE” is written against a rock in the lower left corner and “LVTTINE” under the black dog. The artist signed and dated the work as if written on the face of the column base: “J.B, Oudry 1729.”
Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Misse and Luttine, 1729, oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1994.53.1

Misse and Luttine

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1729 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1994.53.1

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Ragotin lie par les parents du fou, 1727, black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.103

Ragotin lie par les parents du fou

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1727 · black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1951.10.103

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, On trouve le corps mort de l'hote que l'on avait cache, 1727, black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.104

On trouve le corps mort de l'hote que l'on avait cache

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1727 · black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1951.10.104

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, L'Arrivee de l'Operateur dans l'hotellerie, 1727, black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.106

L'Arrivee de l'Operateur dans l'hotellerie

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1727 · black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1951.10.106

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, La Rancune en brancard, abattu dans le bourbier, 1726, black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.108

La Rancune en brancard, abattu dans le bourbier

Jean-Baptiste Oudry · 1726 · black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1951.10.108

Bibliography

1854

  • Gougenot, L. "Vie de M. Oudry." In L. Dussieux, et al. Mémoires inédits sur la vie et les ouvrages des membres de l'Académie Royale de Painture et de Sculpture publiés d'après les manuscrits conservés à l'École Impériale des Beaux-Arts. 2 vols. Paris, 1854: 2:365-403.

1912

  • Locquin, Jean. "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Jean-Baptiste Oudry, peintre du roi (1686-1755)." Archives de l'Art francais n.s. 6 (1912): 6.

1977

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

1982

  • Opperman, Hal N. Jean-Baptiste Oudry 1686-1755. Exh. cat. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1982-1983. Paris, 1982.

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.

2009

  • Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: 350-351.