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JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY | PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, HALF LENGTH, IN A POWDERED WIG, BEFORE A COLUMN
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Property from a Distinguished American Collection
Sold without Reserve
JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY
Paris 1686 - 1755 Beauvais
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, HALF LENGTH, IN A POWDERED WIG, BEFORE A COLUMN
oil on canvas
canvas: 36⅛ by 28¾ in.; 91.7 by 73.1 cm.
framed: 44 by 37 in.; 111.8 by 94 cm.
This handsome work is illustrative of Jean-Baptiste Oudry's early training as a portrait painter. Such examples are rare, for at a young age Oudry abandoned portraiture in favor of depictions of animals, for which he is now most recognized.