Fables choisies (volumes 3 and 4)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Silver
Catalogue
- Year
- 1756
- Dimensions
- Book, closed: 49 × 35 × 7 cm (19 5/16 × 13 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Book, open: 49 × 74.5 × 6.5 cm (19 5/16 × 29 3/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Artist
Jean-Baptiste Oudry was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game. His son, Jacques-Charles Oudry, was also a painter.
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- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
- Year
- 1756
- Dimensions
- Book, closed: 49 × 35 × 7 cm (19 5/16 × 13 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Book, open: 49 × 74.5 × 6.5 cm (19 5/16 × 29 3/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1756-339612
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified