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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.89
People
Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French (Paris 1686 - 1755 Beauvais)
After Pieter Boel, Flemish (1622 - 1674)
Title
Langouste (Spiny Lobster)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297179

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
Dimensions
15.9 x 26.6 cm (6 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: none
  • collector's mark: lower right, brown and blue ink: two unidentified marks superimposed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Two unidentified collector's mark (their marks, lower right, brown and blue ink); Darton, Avignon, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1952, inv. no. 1952.89

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul J. Sachs 70th Birthday Anniversary Fund
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.89
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Hal N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Garland (New York, 1977), vol. II, cat. no. D737, p. 782
  • Pieter Boel, 1622-1674. Peintre des animaux de Louis XIV. Le fonds des études des Gobelins, exh. cat. (Paris, 2001), p. 114

Verification Level

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