The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
The Fox and the Turkey Hens
1733
(French, 1686–1755)
Image: 24 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31 x 26 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1977.93
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The most recent edition of La Fontaine’s Fables illustrated by Oudry was a colored version produced in 2007 by Editions Diane de Selliers.- collection of the artistc. 1751Montenaultby 1828the bothers De Bure1853[sale of J.-J. De Bure, 1853, no. 344]Adolphe Thibaudeau[Solar sale, 1860, no. 627]c. 1876Morgand, ParisM. Roederer, Reimsc. 1930Rosenbach, New YorkPrivate collection, New Yorkall 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]
- Montañés-Lleras, Susana. “Fairy Tales and Fables" The transformation of illustration in the long 19th century.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 64, no. 1 (2024): 10-11. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 10.
- French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).Nocturnal Impressions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 12, 1985).Paper: The Continuous Thread. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982).French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).Brush Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981).17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 31-August 19, 1979).Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
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