id:			149176
accession number:	1977.93
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The Fables of La Fontaine: The Fox and the Turkey Hens, 1733. Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755). Brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 31 x 26 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.); image: 24 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1977.93

title:				The Fox and the Turkey Hens
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series:				The Fables of La Fontaine
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creation date:			1733
creation date earliest:		1733
creation date latest:		1733
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 31 x 26 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Image: 24 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
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	description:	blue laid paper
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	inscription:	signed, lower right, in brown ink: JB. Oudry / 1733; VERSO, upper center, in brown ink: 103.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	title:		Brush Drawings
	opening date:   1981-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Brush Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981).

	title:		French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
	opening date:   1982-02-02T05:00:00
	<i>French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).

	title:		Paper: The Continuous Thread
	opening date:   1982-08-31T04:00:00
	<i>Paper: The Continuous Thread</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982).

	title:		Nocturnal Impressions
	opening date:   1985-02-20T05:00:00
	<i>Nocturnal Impressions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 12, 1985).

	title:		French Drawings from the Collection
	opening date:   1994-12-13T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).<br>CMA, Nocturnal Impressions (Feb. 27-May 12, 1985). <br>CMA, Paper: The Continuous Thread (Aug. 31-Oct. 24, 1982), no. 34, p. 68, illus. p. 43.<br>CMA, French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792 (Jan. 25-May 16, 1982). <br>CMA, Brush Drawings (Mar. 3-May 10, 1981). <br>CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979). <br>CMA, Year in Review for 1977 (Dec. 28, 1977-Jan. 22, 1978), cma Bulletin 65 (1977), p. 40 no. 81, illus. p. 16.

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PROVENANCE

	collection of the artist
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	Montenault
	date: c. 1751 
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	the bothers De Bure
	date: by 1828 
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	[sale of J.-J. De Bure, 1853, no. 344]
	date: 1853    
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	Adolphe Thibaudeau
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	[Solar sale, 1860, no. 627]
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	Morgand, Paris
	date: c. 1876 
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	M. Roederer, Reims
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	Rosenbach, New York
	date: c. 1930 
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	Private collection, New York
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	all according to Opperman 1977, p. 683: collection of the artist; c. 1751sold to Montenault (not in Lugt).  the bothers De Bure, by 1828 (not in Lugt); [sale of J.-J. De Bure, 1853, no. 344] (no sale listed by Lugt); Adolphe Thibaudeau (no article in Lugt, but see under 2473).  [Solar sale, 1860, no. 627] (sale not cited by Lugt).  Morgand, Paris, c. 1876 (not in Lugt); M. Roederer, Reims (not in Lugt); Rosenbach, New York, c. 1930 (not in Lugt); Private collection, New York.  [Claus Virch]
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