Jean-Baptiste Oudry
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Selected Works47

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Le Loup aux abois (The Wolf at Bay, a Series from Four Hunting Subjects)
Le Loup aux abois (The Wolf at Bay, a Series from Four Hunting Subjects), 1725
Acquired 2013
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Le Chevreuil force (The Pursued Deer, a series from Four Hunting Subjects)
Le Chevreuil force (The Pursued Deer, a series from Four Hunting Subjects), 1725
Acquired 2013
Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
La Rapiniere tombe sur la Chevre (The Plunderer Falls on the Goat, from the Comique de Scarron)
La Rapiniere tombe sur la Chevre (The Plunderer Falls on the Goat, from the Comique de Scarron), 1726
Acquired 2013
Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Adventure of the Chamber Pot, plate four from Scènes du Roman Comique
The Adventure of the Chamber Pot, plate four from Scènes du Roman Comique
Acquired 2013
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Arrival of the Comedians
Arrival of the Comedians
Acquired 2013
Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Les Pecheurs ou La Vue du Port de Dieppe (The Fishermen or the view of the port at Dieppe)
Les Pecheurs ou La Vue du Port de Dieppe (The Fishermen or the view of the port at Dieppe), 1727
Acquired 2013
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Le Loup aux Abois (The Wolf at Bay)
Le Loup aux Abois (The Wolf at Bay), 1725
Acquired 2003
Etching
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Allegory of Europe
Allegory of Europe, 1722
Acquired 1987
Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago
Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers
Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers, 1724
Acquired 1978
Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago
Frontispiece, a Series from Four Hunting Subjects
Frontispiece, a Series from Four Hunting Subjects, 1725
In museum collection
Etching on ivory laid paper

Previous Sales

Sotheby's
Study of a Pointer
Study of a Pointer
$43,180
May 2025
Artcurial
Angry Leopard
Angry Leopard
$53,943
Mar 2025
Christie's
An Allegory of Air: a musical still life with a monkey blowing bubbles, a musette, a flute and music scores
An Allegory of Air: a musical still life with a monkey blowing bubbles, a musette, a flute and music scores
$69,300
Feb 2025
Christie's
A female archer and a group of figures by a palm tree, An allegorical figure of America or Africa
A female archer and a group of figures by a palm tree, An allegorical figure of America or Africa
$7,560
Feb 2025
Villa Grisebach
”Still Life with Fruits and a Thistle” (Stillleben mit Früchten und Distel)
”Still Life with Fruits and a Thistle” (Stillleben mit Früchten und Distel), 1717
$40,359
May 2024
Christie's
Belphégor in the guise of Roderic, and the farmer Matheo
Belphégor in the guise of Roderic, and the farmer Matheo
Sold
Jul 2023
Christie's
Belphégor in the guise of Roderic, and Honnesta
Belphégor in the guise of Roderic, and Honnesta
Sold
Jul 2023
Christie's
A landscape with a shepherd driving animals to pasture, a castle beyond
A landscape with a shepherd driving animals to pasture, a castle beyond
$195,300
May 2023
Sotheby's
Still Life of Peaches in a Porcelain Bowl, Together with Grapes, Figs, a Melon, and a Purse with Coins and Playing Cards, all upon a Stone Ledge
Still Life of Peaches in a Porcelain Bowl, Together with Grapes, Figs, a Melon, and a Purse with Coins and Playing Cards, all upon a Stone Ledge, 1722
$100,800
Jan 2023
Christie's
Album containing a frontispiece and 138 illustrations for books I to VI of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Album containing a frontispiece and 138 illustrations for books I to VI of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
$2,700,000
Jan 2023
Christie's
Combat de chiens en forêt
Combat de chiens en forêt, 1751
Sold
Oct 2022
Christie's
Chien barbet attrapant un butor
Chien barbet attrapant un butor
Sold
May 2022
Christie's
Pointer anglais et trophée de chasse
Pointer anglais et trophée de chasse
Sold
May 2022
Christie's
FABLES CHOISIES, MISES EN VERS. PARIS : DESAINT & SAILLANT, ET DURAND, 1755-1759
FABLES CHOISIES, MISES EN VERS. PARIS : DESAINT & SAILLANT, ET DURAND, 1755-1759
$112,466
Nov 2021
Christie's
A marble vase, a hare and pomegranates on a stone ledge
A marble vase, a hare and pomegranates on a stone ledge
$68,750
Oct 2019
Sotheby's
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT | PARC DE SAINT-GERMAIN
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT | PARC DE SAINT-GERMAIN
Sold
May 2019
Christie's
'L'Homme et la puce' (The man and the flea)
'L'Homme et la puce' (The man and the flea)
$22,500
Oct 2018
Christie's
Illustration of one of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat (I)
Illustration of one of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat (I)
£16,875 ($22k USD)
Dec 2014
Christie's
Illustration of one of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat (III)
Illustration of one of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat (III)
£15,625 ($21k USD)
Dec 2014
Christie's
Illustration of a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat
Illustration of a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat
£10,625 ($14k USD)
Jul 2014
Christie's
Illustration of a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: Jupiter and the passenger
Illustration of a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: Jupiter and the passenger
£6,875 ($9k USD)
Jul 2014
Christie's
A wolf hunt
A wolf hunt
$27,500
Jun 2013
Christie's
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Wolf and the Lamb
€398,500 ($438k USD)
Jan 2013
Christie's
Dogs playing with birds in a park
Dogs playing with birds in a park
€218,500 ($240k USD)
Jan 2013
Christie's
Hunting scene with a leopard and six dogs
Hunting scene with a leopard and six dogs
$92,500
Jan 2012

For Sale

Robilant+Voena · Artsy
The Fisherman and the Little Fish from Fontaine’s Fables
The Fisherman and the Little Fish from Fontaine’s Fables, 1739
Inquire about availability
Oil on canvas
Giorgio Baratti Antiquario · Artsy
White duck
White duck
€60,000
Oil on canvas
August Laube Buch- und Kunstantiquariat · Artsy
Hunting still life
Hunting still life, 1720
US$12,000–US$15,000
Black and white chalk on paper that was once blue but is now largely faded.
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Le Loup aux abois (The Wolf at Bay, a Series from Four Hunting Subjects)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.647 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Le Chevreuil force (The Pursued Deer, a series from Four Hunting Subjects)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.646 · Etching on cream laid paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
La Rapiniere tombe sur la Chevre (The Plunderer Falls on the Goat, from the Comique de Scarron)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.645 · Etching on cream laid paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
The Adventure of the Chamber Pot, plate four from Scènes du Roman Comique
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.649 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Arrival of the Comedians
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.648 · Etching on paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Les Pecheurs ou La Vue du Port de Dieppe (The Fishermen or the view of the port at Dieppe)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.644 · Etching in black on cream laid paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Le Loup aux Abois (The Wolf at Bay)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2003 · Accession BF.2003.2 · Etching
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Wild Sow and Her Young Attacked by Dogs
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1997 · Accession 1997.191 · Pen and brown and gray ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Allegory of Europe
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession BF.1987.2 · Oil on canvas
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
De echtgenoot, de vrouw en de dief / Le Mari, la Femme et le Voleur
Rijksmuseum · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Acquired 1978 · Accession RP-T-1978-56 · penseel in zwart, grijs en wit op blauw papier
Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
De wolf en de jager / Le Loup et le Chasseur
Rijksmuseum · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Acquired 1978 · Accession RP-T-1978-55 · penseel in zwart, grijs en wit op blauw papier
Aankoop met steun van de Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Een dier in de maan / Un Animal dans la Lune
Rijksmuseum · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Acquired 1978 · Accession RP-T-1978-54 · penseel in zwart, grijs en wit op blauw papier
Aankoop met steun van de Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
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Current Exhibitions0

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Profile | Pierre Rosenberg, the former Louvre president, on his long-awaited four-volume Poussin catalogue—and forthcoming museum
Pierre Rosenberg, the 89-year-old honorary president-director of the Louvre, is set to release a definitive four-volume catalogue raisonné of the work…
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Profile | Pierre Rosenberg, the former Louvre president, on his long-awaited four-volume Poussin catalogue—and forthcoming museum
Mar 4, 2026
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry dies
Jan 1, 1755
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry born
Jan 1, 1686