Jean-Baptiste OUDRY (Paris 1686 - Beauvais 1755) Two chicks conversing Black stone and white chalk highlights on blue paper. 20 x 18,8 cm Our drawing can be compared to a painting by Oudry representing the birds of the farmyard, preparatory to a tapestry card called "La tapisserie de Siège" preserved in Beauvais (inv.11-000) (see: exhibition catalog, Masterpieces of the Beauvais Manufacture in 2008, Gautier (J-J), Sièges en société, Histoire du siège du Roi-Soleil à Marianne, Paris, 2017, p.58, fig.9.)
Live Monday 20 March 2023・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 85

Jean-Baptiste OUDRY (Paris 1686 - Beauvais 1755) Two chicks conversing Black stone and white chalk highlights on blue paper. 20 x 18,8 cm Our drawing can be compared to a painting by Oudry representing the birds of the farmyard, preparatory to a tapestry card called "La tapisserie de Siège" preserved in Beauvais (inv.11-000) (see: exhibition catalog, Masterpieces of the Beauvais Manufacture in 2008, Gautier (J-J), Sièges en société, Histoire du siège du Roi-Soleil à Marianne, Paris, 2017, p.58, fig.9.)

Estimate
€3,000 - €4,000
Result
€4,864
Buyer's premium
28%
Jean-Baptiste OUDRY (Paris 1686 - Beauvais 1755) Two chicks conversing Black stone and white chalk highlights on blue paper. 20 x 18,8 cm Our drawing can be compared to a painting by Oudry representing the birds of the farmyard, preparatory to a tapestry card called "La tapisserie de Siège" preserved in Beauvais (inv.11-000) (see: exhibition catalog, Masterpieces of the Beauvais Manufacture in 2008, Gautier (J-J), Sièges en société, Histoire du siège du Roi-Soleil à Marianne, Paris, 2017, p.58, fig.9.)
Sale
Old Drawings
Monday 20 March 2023・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris