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The Genesis of the 'Chasses Royales'

04/1970 | 805 | 112

Pages: 216-224

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Author:

Opperman, Hal N. (Opperman, Hal N.; Opperman, H. N.)

Subjects

artists:

Oudry, Jean-Baptiste

dates:

1720-1729

patrons:

Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774

places:

Paris / France

subjects:

French painting / Drawings / Cartoons (working drawings)

subjects:

Hunting / Visual sources / Tapestries

subjects:

Gobelins Manufactory

subjects:

Patronage

works:

Chasses Royales

Illustrations

Attributed works:

29. Louis XV Hunting the Stag in the Forest of Saint-Germain, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Signed and Dated 1730. Canvas, 206 by 385 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse.)

Attributed works:

30. Hunting Luncheon in the Forest of Compiègne, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Signed and Dated 1728. Pen and India Ink Wash, 27.5 by 42.8 cm. (Private Collection.)

Attributed works:

31. Departure for the Hunt, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Signed and Dated 1728. Pen and India Ink Wash, with White Gouache Heightening, on Buff Paper, 32.5 by 55 cm. (Private Collection.)

Attributed works:

32. Louis XV Holding the 'Limier', by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Signed and Dated 1728. Pen and India Ink Wash, with White Gouache Heightening, on Blue Paper, 33 by 55 cm. (Private Collection.)

Attributed works:

33. Louis XV Hunting the Wolf, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Signed and Dated 1728. Pen and Washes of India and Brown Ink, with White Gouache Heightening, on Buff Prepared Paper, 38.6 by 52.7 cm. (Musée du Louvre.)

Attributed works:

34. Boar Hunt, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Pen and India Ink Wash, with White Gouache Heightening, on Buff Paper, 28.8 by 39.9 cm. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)

Attributed works:

35. Preparation for the Hunt at the Puits du Roi, Forest of Compiègne. Tapestry from the Series of the Chasses Royales, after a Cartoon by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. France, Manufactury of the Gobelins, Workshop of Audran, 1742-45. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence.)

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