ID 1358478
Lot 45 | JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY (PARIS 1686-1755 BEAUVAIS)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
An Allegory of Air: a musical still life with a monkey blowing bubbles, a musette, a flute and music scores
oil on canvas
39 5/8 x 35 3/8 in. (100.6 x 89.7 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) painted for Louis Fagon, Château de Voré, circa 1724-1744.
Claude-Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771), Paris, and by descent to,
Comte d'Andlau, Château de Voré, until,
[The Comte d'Andlau, Château de Voré]; Christie's, New York, 27 January 2000, lot 40, when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J. Vergnet-Ruiz, 'Oudry', in L. Dimier, ed., Les Peintres français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1928-30, I, p. 171, no. 278.
H.N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London, 1977, II, p. 943, no. 465A.
H.N. Opperman, J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755, exhibition catalogue, Galeries Nationale du Grand Palais, Paris, 1982-3, p. 87, under no. 33 ('oeuvres en rapport').
D. Pullins, The Mobile Image from Watteau to Boucher, Los Angeles, 2024, pp. 101, 103-04, fig. 69.
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686 - 1755) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686 - 1755) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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