Harvard Art Museums > 1953.75: Avian Album Drawings Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Avian Album (Jean-Baptiste Oudry) , 1953.75,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 25, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/297118. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1953.75 People Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French (Paris 1686 - 1755 Beauvais) Title Avian Album Other Titles Alternate Title: Album of 96 drawings for tapestries Classification Drawings Work Type album Date 18th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297118 Physical Descriptions Medium Parchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves. Dimensions 44 x 35 x 5 cm (17 5/16 x 13 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fogg Art Museum, 1953, inv. no. 1953.75 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift Accession Year 1953 Object Number 1953.75 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History An Album of Watercolors by Oudry, Annual Report (Fogg Art Museum) (1954), no. 1953/54 (1954), 10-11 Some Animal Drawings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Master Drawings (1966), vol. 4, no. 4 (Winter 1966), 390, 402-403 (plates 16-19) Hal N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Garland (New York, 1977), vol. I, pp. 145-46, 146 n. 1, 147-52, 262, 332, 355, 436, 440, 455, 465, 475, 497, vol. II, pp. 605, 607, 711, 766, 784-85, 798-817, 821 Edith A. Standen, European post-medieval tapestries and related hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1985), pp. 488-495 L’animal miroir de l’homme: petit bestiaire du XVIIIe siècle, exh. cat., Musée Cognacq-Jay (Paris, 1996), p. 44 Pieter Boel, 1622-1674. Peintre des animaux de Louis XIV. Le fonds des études des Gobelins, exh. cat. (Paris, 2001), pp. 82, 88 (fig. 14), 89, 95, 111, 123, 127 Oudry’s Painted Menagerie. Portraits of Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Europe, exh. cat. (Los Angeles, 2008), p.140 Deportes catalogue raisonné (Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau, 2010), II, 22 Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara Schechner, and Sarah Anne Carter, Tangible Things: Making History through Objects, Oxford University Press (NY) (New York, 2015), pp. 153, 156-158, 1953.75.60 and 1953.75.81 repr. as figs. 126 and 127 Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), pp. 137-138 Related Objects Object Number 1953.75.37 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Perched Parrot and Standing Heron; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.38 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Squawking Bird with Talons Extended to the Right; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.39 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Heron with Right Leg Raised; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.40 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Hunched Bird with Ruffled Feathers; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.9 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Bird Looking Backwards; verso: Tortoise and Hare in a Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.11 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Bird; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.28 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Four Swallows, One Perched and Three in Flight; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.29 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Bustard; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.32 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Heron and Two Perched Birds; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.34 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Perched Bird Looking over its Shoulder; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.8 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Bird Confronting an Owl before a Cave Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.10 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Swan Transporting a Fish in a Landsape Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.14 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Birds, One Perched and One in Flight; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.15 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Parrots Perched on a Branch; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.26 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Hunched Bird Looking Upward; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.27 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Hunched Heron and Three Perched Parrots; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.33 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Duck and Heron with a Fish; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.41 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Ducks in the Water, One Taking Flight; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.36 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Perched Birds and a Duck; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.18 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Small Bird in Flight above Two Pheasants; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.19 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Perched Birds; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.20 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Herons; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.21 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Pheasant; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.24 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Five Birds, One Perched, Four in Flight; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.25 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Hunched Pheasants; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.13 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Peacocks; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.16 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Heron and Two Small Birds, One Perched and One in Flight; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.17 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Peacock and Small Perched Bird; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.22 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Pheasants Perched on a Branch; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.23 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Perched and Squawking Pheasants; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.30 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Lady of Numidia; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.31 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Striding Bird; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.35 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Heron and Four Perched Birds; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.67 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Crane Standing on One Leg Looking Upward Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.72 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Standing Bird with Wings Outspread Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.73 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Bird Looking Right; verso: Two Wading Ducks Flapping Their Wings and Looking Upward Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.78 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Peacock; verso: Heron on One Leg with Wings Outspread Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.79 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Duck Looking to the Left; verso: Two Dead Wild Ducks Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.80 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Duck; verso: Eagle Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.81 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Bird Walking to the Left; verso: Two Flying Pigeons Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.82 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Flamingo; verso: Two Peacocks Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.83 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Monkey Riding a Dolphin; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.54 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Seated Duck; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.58 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Three Birds, Two Hunched Together and One Looking Back to the Left; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.59 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Duck Looking to the Left; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.60 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Quizzical Bird; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.61 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Bird Looking Upward and Behind; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.66 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Spoonbill; verso: Two Birds in Shallow Water Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.70 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Merganser Looking Backward; verso: Soaring Bird Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.71 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Merganser; verso: Heron Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.74 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Toucan Resting on a Branch; verso: Two Falcons Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.75 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Heron Tied to a Branch Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.2 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Muscovy Duck Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.3 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Two Swallows in Flight Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.4 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Two Sparrows in Flight Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.5 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Perched Magpie, Perched Woodpecker, and a Bird in Flight Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.6 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Two Birds in Flight Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.7 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Two Perched Birds and One in Flight Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.12 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Pheasants in Flight, a Standing Heron and Two Small Birds; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.42 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Duck with Wings Extended; verso: Tufted Crane Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.44 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Duck with Wings Extended, Seen from Behind; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.45 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Pheasants; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.46 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Squirrel Eating Cherries and Bird with Wings Extended; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.47 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Duck and Bird, both with Wings Extended ; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.50 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Duck and Bird in Flight; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.51 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Rabbits; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.62 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Birds Taking Flight; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.63 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Birds in Flight; verso: Swan Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.64 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Dead Red Partridge Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.65 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Dog and Squirrel; verso: Crane Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.68 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Crane Looking to the Left; verso: Crane Stading on One Leg Looking to the Right Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.69 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Egyptian Duck; verso: Partridge Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.76 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Four Birds; verso: Two Wild Ducks Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.77 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Standing Bird; verso: Flying Bird of Prey Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.48 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Rooster and Hen; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.49 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Guinea-fowl (?); verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.52 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Two Squawking Ducks in the Water; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.56 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Hunching Duck in Profile to the Left; verso: blank Classification Drawings Object Number 1953.75.1 Artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry Title Folio recto: Blank; verso: Heron Classification Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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