After Jean Jacques Bachelier (French, Paris 1724-1806 Paris)

Woodcut engraving Overall: 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 1/4 in. (27.7 x 22.5 x 0.7 cm)

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953 (53.670.55-57)

Oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (64.8 x 80.6 cm)

Purchase, 1871 (71.57)

Signed and dated (lower left): JB. oudry / 1753

Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully, Paris (after 1764–70; his sale, Rémy, Paris, May 2–14, 1770, no. 70, this picture and MMA 71.89 for 501 livres to Leroy or Le Roy) [Léon Gauchez and Alexis Febvre, ...

February 2 through April 25, 1999

... wash, watercolor, gouache, oil sketch, and pastel — to create drawings that exhibit a great range of finish. Jean-Baptiste Oudry's lushly executed Still-Life with Fish and Parrot (Cooper-Hewitt), for instance, is a highly polished work, while Les ...

1999-01-11