The Fox and the Turkey Hens: Illustration for the Fables of La Fontaine
1733
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)
Drawings
The Fox and the Turkey Hens: Illustration for the Fables of La Fontaine, 1733. Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755). Brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1977.93
- Maker/Artist
- Oudry, Jean-Baptiste
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink
- Medium
- brush, black, ink, gray, wash, heightened, white, gouache, blue, margin, framing, lines, brown
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed, lower right, in brown ink: JB. Oudry / 1733; VERSO, upper center, in brown ink: 103.
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1977.93
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1977, Brush Drawings, French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792, Paper: The Continuous Thread, Nocturnal Impressions, French Drawings from the Collection, CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).<br>CMA, Nocturnal Impressions (Feb. 27-May 12, 1985). <br>CMA, Paper: The Continuous Thread (Aug. 31-Oct. 24, 1982), no. 34, p. 68, illus. p. 43.<br>CMA, French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792 (Jan. 25-May 16, 1982). <br>CMA, Brush Drawings (Mar. 3-May 10, 1981). <br>CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979). <br>CMA, Year in Review for 1977 (Dec. 28, 1977-Jan. 22, 1978), cma Bulletin 65 (1977), p. 40 no. 81, illus. p. 16.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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