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Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Studio
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Studio
- Still life with a roe and cardoons
- signed lower right: JB. Oudry
- oil on canvas
- 20 3/8 x 25 inches
Provenance
With Galerie Cailleux, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Palais Galliéra, 12 June 1970, lot 14;
In the collection of the present owner since 1993.
Anonymous sale, Paris, Palais Galliéra, 12 June 1970, lot 14;
In the collection of the present owner since 1993.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Daber, Natures mortes françaises du XVIIe au XXe siècle, 9 April - 6 May 1959, no. 16;
Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Watteau et sa génération, March - April 1968, no. 77.
Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Watteau et sa génération, March - April 1968, no. 77.
Literature
D. Romand, "La cote des peintres: Jean-Baptiste Oudry 1686-1755," in Gazette de l'Hotel Drouot, LXXX, cat. no. 7, reproduced p. 9;
M. and F. Faré, La Vie silencieuse en France: la nature morte au XVIIIe siècle, Fribourg 1976, reproduced p. 131, fig. 205;
H.N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977, vol. I, pp. 563-564, cat. no. P535; p. 567, cited under cat. no. P545; vol. II, p. 947, cat. no. P535, reproduced p. 1064, fig. 184.
M. and F. Faré, La Vie silencieuse en France: la nature morte au XVIIIe siècle, Fribourg 1976, reproduced p. 131, fig. 205;
H.N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977, vol. I, pp. 563-564, cat. no. P535; p. 567, cited under cat. no. P545; vol. II, p. 947, cat. no. P535, reproduced p. 1064, fig. 184.
Condition
The canvas is relined. This picture is in very good condition. The varnish is fresh but slightly uneven around the edges. A few small retouches are applied for reinforcement but otherwise the picture is in very favorable state. The picture could be hung in its current condition. In a carved gilt wood frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This painting is a smaller version of a lost still life that Oudry recorded in two inventories of the contents of his studio which he drew up between 1732-35.1 A considerably larger, unsigned variant, in upright format and arched at the top, was formerly in the Château du Verderonne, near Liancourt, and is now in the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio.2 An unsigned studio copy was included in a sale in Paris, Nouveau Drouot, 17 June 1983, lot 12.
1. See H.N. Opperman, under Literature, vol. I, p. 221 and p. 567, under cat. no. P545;
2. Ibid., cat. no. P534.