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Jean-Baptiste Oudry

93 works

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Blue monochrome drawing of a bearded seated man reading beneath a tree, with a castle and arched bridge in the distance.

Hippokrates und Demokrit

1732

Blue-toned drawing of a kite bird over prey beside a waterfall, rocky cliffs and trees, with a distant town.

Der Milan und die Nachtigall

1732

Night scene of men in period dress observing the moon through a telescope on a tripod in a courtyard, drawn in blue wash.

Een dier in de maan / Un Animal dans la Lune

1731

Night scene in grey wash: horses, a wagon, a reclining figure and torch-bearing men beneath a tree, framed in blue.

De pastoor en de Dood / Le Curé et le Mort

1731

Partridge

n.d.

Engraving of a sword cutting off a man's hat before two women, with a column and trees behind and a group of men at left.

Wrok knipt de hoed van Ragotin

1696

Engraved interior with a seated man in a hat, a standing man gesturing, a woman by a fireplace, and a canopy bed.

Ragotin dronken op een stoel bij het vuur

1726

Engraving of a chaotic brawl in a room with a fireplace, fallen figures, and a candle-lit doorway.

Interieur met groep vechtende mensen

1696

Engraving of a night brawl in a stone room: a man with a candle among sprawling figures and alarmed women by a door and windo

Gevecht in de nacht

1696

Engraving of a staircase scene where a man with a sack falls among two women and a sprawled man, with a shelf of objects on t

Ragotin met twee dames op een trap

1696

Etching of a deer leaping while several hunting dogs attack it beside a large oak tree on a riverbank.

Hert overvallen door jachthonden

1725

Engraving of a man falling onto a goat in a stone room while startled onlookers react, one woman holding a candle.

Man valt bovenop een geit

1696

Engraving of a startled man in a four-poster bed as another man pours a chamber pot over him beside a lit candle.

Man schrikt wakker door kamerpot die over hem geleegd wordt

1696

Engraving of an overturned covered carriage and horses in a muddy ditch, with onlookers and riders in a wooded landscape.

Draagkoets met paarden valt in het water

1696

Engraving of a theatre scene with women, men in period dress, draped curtains, a column and a garden arch behind.

Ragotin krijgt een tik op zijn vingers van een dame

1696

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman in a wide skirt and ruffled sleeves, with white highlights on tan paper.

Standing Woman

c. 1730

Two circular etched compositions with framed vignettes of elephants, lions, monkeys, birds and hunters in landscapes.

Designs for Plates Taken from Oudry's Illustrations to La Fontaine's Fables

after 1755

Grey wash drawing of a wolf shot with an arrow beside a dead animal, a hunter under a tree, and a bird over a landscape.

De wolf en de jager / Le Loup et le Chasseur

1732

Grey wash drawing of a dim interior with a man holding a candle, a woman in a doorway, and a figure sprawled on the floor.

De echtgenoot, de vrouw en de dief / Le Mari, la Femme et le Voleur

1732

Red chalk drawing of two hare heads and two paws on pale paper, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1735.

Hasenstudien: zwei Köpfe und zwei Paar Pfoten

1735

Blue and grey wash drawing of a bear leaning over a sleeping man beneath a tree in a forest clearing.

Ein Bär erschlägt einen schlafenden Mann mit einem Stein (Studie für die druckgraphische Illustration von "L'Ours et…

1732

Blue wash drawing of birds of prey attacking pigeons beneath a tree in a landscape, with a house at right.

Eine Gruppe Raubvögel jagt einige Tauben (Studie für die druckgraphische Illustration von "Les vautours et les pigeon…

1731

Grey wash drawing of tigers fighting wild bulls beneath a large tree in a forest landscape.

Tiger im Kampf mit wilden Stieren

1745

Gamekeeper seated by a tree with two hunting dogs, one holding a dead bird, drawn in chalk on blue paper.

Der Jagdaufseher La Forêt mit seinen beiden Jagdhunden Lise und Fine-Lise

1722

Black chalk drawing of a seated monkey with a long tail, turning its head, on blue-grey paper.

Affe (Meerkatze)

1730

Black chalk and white highlight drawing on blue-grey paper of a path through trees leading to an arched garden gate and wall.

Park in Arcueil

1742

Black and white chalk study of two snarling dogs, one full body lying down and one head study, on grey paper.

Studien von zwei Hunden mit gefletschten Zähnen

1715

Etching of hanging hunting game, a hare and heron, beside a hooded falcon on a stone ledge, with a dedication inscription bel

Jagdstillleben

1725

Grey-wash still life drawing of fish, a lobster, and a parrot beside stone blocks and a hanging fish.

Still-life with Fish and Parrot

1740