Four eagles
Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686 - 1755)
46
$4,000 - $6,000
Chalk black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Works on paper
26.2 cm - 35.7 cm (10.31 in - 14.06 in)
Signed
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Old Master & British Drawings
Jan 30, 2019
Four eagles
46
$4,000 - $6,000
Chalk black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Works on paper
26.2 cm - 35.7 cm (10.31 in - 14.06 in)
Signed
Signedin to unlock
Christie's | New York
Jan 30, 2019

The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)

Brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount
32.2 cm - 25.5 cm
(12.68 in - 10.04 in)

The cat and the two sparrows (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book XII, fable II)

Brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount
30.8 cm - 25.5 cm
(12.13 in - 10.04 in)

An overturned basket of plants and flowers

Chalk black and white chalk on blue paper
32.8 cm - 42.2 cm
(12.91 in - 16.61 in)

The man and the grass snake (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book X, fable 1)

Brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount
31 cm - 26 cm
(12.2 in - 10.24 in)

Still-life of wading birds and fish by the seashore

Chalk black and white chalk on discolored blue paper
32 cm - 42 cm
(12.6 in - 16.54 in)

Stags hunted by wolves

Graphite pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white
33.6 cm - 56.5 cm
(13.23 in - 22.24 in)

A marble vase, a hare and pomegranates on a stone ledge

Oil ON CANVAS
65.3 cm - 81.5 cm
(25.71 in - 32.09 in)

A STUDY OF A HEN

Chalk on paper
23 cm - 19.9 cm
(9.06 in - 7.83 in)