Wild Sow and Her Young Attacked by Dogs
1748
- Medium
- Pen and brown and gray ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper
- Dimensions
- 37.7 × 51.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-208407
Jean-Baptiste Oudry began his career as a portraitist but gradually became known for his paintings of animals and hunting scenes. These images attracted the attention of Louis XV, and Oudry became one of France's foremost decorative painters during the king's reign. Here, the artist highlighted a violent battle between a sow and a group of dogs. The drawing relates to one of Oudry's most successful Salon paintings, which was exhibited to great acclaim in 1748. The sketchy lines and lack of detail throughout the sheet suggest that it was likely a study made in preparation for the later canvas,…
Provenance
and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1997.191
Registry history
- 1748 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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