Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686 - 1755)

Artwork title:	The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)
Artist:	Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686 - 1755)
Lot number:	106
Estimate:	€10,000 - €15,000
Medium:	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
Category:	Paintings
Size (HxWxD):	32.2 cm - 25.5 cm (12.68 in - 10.04 in)
Date of painting:	1731
Lot description:	signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry 1731’ (lower left) and with inscription ‘14. 2 vol.’ (verso)
Misc:	Signed
Auction house:	Christie's \| New York
Auction sale:	Old Master & British Drawings
Auction date:	Jan 31, 2024
Classification:	British Drawings & Watercolours

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

Artist: Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686 - 1755)

Lot Number: 106

Estimate prices: €10,000 - €15,000

Medium:

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

Category:

Paintings

Size (HxWxD): 32.2 cm - 25.5 cm (12.68 in - 10.04 in)

Date of painting: 1731

Desc:

signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry 1731’ (lower left) and with inscription ‘14. 2 vol.’ (verso)

Misc: Signed

Auction house: Christie's | New York

Auction sale:

Old Master & British Drawings

Auction date: Jan 31, 2024

Classification: British Drawings & Watercolours

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 flowersChalk 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 seashoreChalk black and white chalk on discolored blue paper

                32 cm -
                42 cm
                
                (12.6 in -
                16.54 in)
              
Stags hunted by wolvesGraphite 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 ledgeOil ON CANVAS

                65.3 cm -
                81.5 cm
                
                (25.71 in -
                32.09 in)
              
Four eaglesChalk black and white chalk on grey-brown paper

                26.2 cm -
                35.7 cm
                
                (10.31 in -
                14.06 in)
              
A STUDY OF A HENChalk on paper

                23 cm -
                19.9 cm
                
                (9.06 in -
                7.83 in)

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