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Jean-Baptiste Oudry began his career as a portraitist but gradually became known for his paintings of animals and hunting scenes. These images attracted the attention of Louis XV, and Oudry became one of France's foremost decorative painters during the king's reign. Here, the artist highlighted a violent battle between a sow and a group of dogs. The drawing relates to one of Oudry's most successful Salon paintings, which was exhibited to great acclaim in 1748. The sketchy lines and lack of detail throughout the sheet suggest that it was likely a study made in preparation for the later canvas, which was purchased by Louis XV and installed in one of his homes.
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159900
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Wild Sow and Her Young Attacked by Dogs
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drawing
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159900
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drawing
title
Wild Sow and Her Young Attacked by Dogs
description
Jean-Baptiste Oudry began his career as a portraitist but gradually became known for his paintings of animals and hunting scenes. These images attracted the attention of Louis XV, and Oudry became one of France's foremost decorative painters during the king's reign. Here, the artist highlighted a violent battle between a sow and a group of dogs. The drawing relates to one of Oudry's most successful Salon paintings, which was exhibited to great acclaim in 1748. The sketchy lines and lack of detail throughout the sheet suggest that it was likely a study made in preparation for the later canvas, which was purchased by Louis XV and installed in one of his homes.
date
1748
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79980254
creators
1949
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 37.7 x 51.7 cm (14 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
1997.191
Source extras
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Pen and brown and gray ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper
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Wild Sow and Her Young Attacked by Dogs, 1748. Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755). Pen and brown and gray ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper; sheet: 37.7 x 51.7 cm (14 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1997.191
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light brown laid paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signd, lower left, in brown ink: JB. Oudry 1748
didYouKnow
Though Oudry was a prolific draftsman, he purposely kept his drawings during his lifetime, hoping that they would be an asset for his heirs after his death.
citations
citation
<div><!--block-->Catalogue d'une belle collection de dessins italiens, flamands, hollandois, et françois...le tout rassemblé avec soins & dépenses, par M. Neyman, Amateur à Amsterdam (Paris: Basan, 1776).</div>
page_number
Lot 613
citation
Locquin, Jean. <em>Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Jean-Baptiste Oudry, peintre du roi (1686-1755)</em>. Paris: Jean Schemit, 1912.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 125, no. 675
citation
Opperman, Hal N. <em>Jean-Baptiste Oudry</em>. New York: Garland Pub, 1977.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 738, no. D612
citation
Opperman, Hal N. <em>J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755</em>. Exh. Cat. Fort Worth, TX: Kimball Art Museum, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 204, under no. 110
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Annual Report 1997</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 32; Mentioned: p. 44
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major European Porcelain Crucifix, Pre-Columbian Figure, and Other Works Added to CMA Collection,” December 3, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
citation
"Principales Acquisitions des Musées en 1997." <em>Gazette des Beaux-Arts</em> 131 (March 1998).
page_number
Mentioned: p. 51, no. 204
citation
"Cleveland Acquires Oudry and Long." <em>Drawing</em> 19 (Winter-Spring 1998): 101.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 101
citation
DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 41, p. 11, pp. 110-111, 288-289; Reproduced: p. 110
catalogueRaisonne
Locquin 675
creditline
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 08:17:53.243000
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159900
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Drawings
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DR - French
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Pen and brown and gray ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper
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male
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photo
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