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The Fox and the Turkey Hens: Illustration for the Fables of La Fontaine

1733

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

(French, 1686-1755)

France, 18th century

Brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink

Support: Blue laid paper

Sheet: 31 x 26 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Image: 24 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1977.93

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower right, in brown ink: JB. Oudry / 1733; VERSO, upper center, in brown ink: 103.

Provenance

M. Roederer, Reims

c. 1930

Rosenbach, New York

Private collection, New York

all according to Opperman 1977, p. 683: collection of the artist; c. 1751sold to Montenault (not in Lugt). the bothers De Bure, by 1828 (not in Lugt); [sale of J.-J. De Bure, 1853, no. 344] (no sale listed by Lugt); Adolphe Thibaudeau (no article in Lugt, but see under 2473). [Solar sale, 1860, no. 627] (sale not cited by Lugt). Morgand, Paris, c. 1876 (not in Lugt); M. Roederer, Reims (not in Lugt); Rosenbach, New York, c. 1930 (not in Lugt); Private collection, New York. [Claus Virch]

c. 1876

Morgand, Paris

[Solar sale, 1860, no. 627]

c. 1751

Montenault

by 1828

the bothers De Bure

1853

[sale of J.-J. De Bure, 1853, no. 344]

Adolphe Thibaudeau

collection of the artist

Exhibition history

CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).

CMA, Nocturnal Impressions (Feb. 27-May 12, 1985).

CMA, Paper: The Continuous Thread (Aug. 31-Oct. 24, 1982), no. 34, p. 68, illus. p. 43.

CMA, French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792 (Jan. 25-May 16, 1982).

CMA, Brush Drawings (Mar. 3-May 10, 1981).

CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979).

CMA, Year in Review for 1977 (Dec. 28, 1977-Jan. 22, 1978), cma Bulletin 65 (1977), p. 40 no. 81, illus. p. 16.

Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

Brush Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 3-May 10, 1981).

French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 16, 1982).

Nocturnal Impressions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-May 12, 1985).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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Jean-Baptiste Oudry

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