Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Le Loup aux Abois (The Wolf at Bay)

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Loup aux Abois (The Wolf at Bay)
  • from the series Sujets de Chasse
Date1725
PlaceFrance
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 14 5/8 × 11 1/2 in. (37.1 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (39.4 × 31.1 cm)
Frame (outer): 23 × 19 × 1 1/4 in. (58.4 × 48.3 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2003.2
Non exposé

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Provenance[James A. Bergquist, Boston]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2003.

Exhibition History"A Noble Pastime: Hunting Pictures from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September 3–November 7, 2004; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, January 29–April 6, 2005; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, December 2, 2006–April 29, 2007.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on the plate, beneath image: "Peint pour le Roy par J.B. Oudry, et gravée par lui-même / Ce Monstre affamé de carnage. / Ce fléau des Bergers, des Chiens et des Brebir; / Plus il causa partout d'borreu et de ravage / Plus il est sot quand il est prir. / L.C. "
Both the plate and sheet are unsigned.
Catalogue raisonnéRobert-Dumesnil 4, III/IV

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