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A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

A work made of brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board.

Date:

c. 1740

Artist:

Jean-Baptiste Oudry
French, 1686-1755

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Title

A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1730–1755

Medium

Brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board

Dimensions

31.9 × 41.4 cm (12 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

Reference Number

1966.351

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