A Fox putting up a Brace of Partridges
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686 – Beauvais 1755)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1724 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
710 x 915 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 719385
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Fox putting up a Brace of Partridges by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686 – Beauvais 1755), signed and dated, bottom right: J B Oudry/1724. A fox surprising game in a landscape. A pair with NT 719383.
Provenance
1842 inventory, in the Chapel Parlour, as: "A ditto [Landscape] (fox and game) in ditto [= gilt frame]"; 1880s Notes, in the Further Drawing Room, as one of: "Two by Oudry, Fox and a Pointer"; bequeathed with The Vyne, estate and contents by Sir Charles Chute, 1st Bt (1879-1956)
Credit line
The Vyne, The Chute Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
signed and dated by artist
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686 – Beauvais 1755), artist