The cat and the two sparrows (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book XII, fable II)
Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686 - 1755)
105
€10,000 - €15,000
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
Paintings
30.8 cm - 25.5 cm (12.13 in - 10.04 in)
1733
signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry/ 1733’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘113.t.2’ (verso)

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Old Master & British Drawings
Jan 31, 2024
British Drawings & Watercolours
The cat and the two sparrows (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book XII, fable II)
105
€10,000 - €15,000
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
Paintings
30.8 cm - 25.5 cm (12.13 in - 10.04 in)
1733
signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry/ 1733’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘113.t.2’ (verso)

Signed / Inscribed
Signedin to unlock
Christie's | New York
Jan 31, 2024
British Drawings & Watercolours

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)

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)

Four eagles

Chalk black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
26.2 cm - 35.7 cm
(10.31 in - 14.06 in)

A STUDY OF A HEN

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