Frontispiece, a Series from Four Hunting Subjects

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Title

Frontispiece, a Series from Four Hunting Subjects

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1725

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, below image: "Dediee a messire Louis Bontemps...ND du mont Carmel/ Par son tres humble...serviteur J.B.Oudry 1725/ Peint et grave par J.B. Oudry Peintre du Roy/ se vend a paris chez l'au leur palais des Tait leries, chez Gautrot guay de la Megiesserie."

Dimensions

Image: 35.2 × 27.1 cm (13 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Plate: 36.4 × 28.5 cm (14 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 37.3 × 28.9 cm (14 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Albert H. Wolf Fund

Reference Number

1978.217

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