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The Crayfish and her Daughter
The Crayfish and her Daughter

The Crayfish and her Daughter

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)
1733
Medium/TechniqueBrush, gray wash and black ink, heightened with white on blue paper
DimensionsSheet: 24.2 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. )
Mount: 31 x 25.8 cm (12 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund
Accession number1979.290
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLower right: "J B Oudry / 1733". On verso: 123.t.2[o or 0 is in superscript].ProvenanceMontenault Collection c. 1758; de Bure (by 1828) sale 1853, lot 344; Adolphe Thibaudeau; Solar sale, 1860, lot 627; Morgand (Paris bookseller c.1876); M. Roederer, Reims; Rosenbach (by 1925); private collection, NY c.1946; Mr. Claus Virch, Paris; purchased June 1979
Dying Lion (recto); Wolf (verso)
Dying Lion (recto); Wolf (verso)
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
undated
The Holy Trinity and Four Angels
The Holy Trinity and Four Angels
Federico Zuccaro
late 16th–early 17th century
Two Studies of an Ostrich
Two Studies of an Ostrich
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
1710–55
Allegorical Figure of Abundance
Allegorical Figure of Abundance
Giorgio Vasari
mid to late 16th century
The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child
Maria Theresa Coriolano
1630 or after
Image Not Available for Painter in his Studio
Painter in his Studio
Ernst Heinemann
1868–98
Study for the Dead Christ
Study for the Dead Christ
Sebastiano Conca
Late 17th–early 18th century
A Vestal Virgin Entombed
A Vestal Virgin Entombed
Giovanni David
after 1775
Image Not Available for [One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
[One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Image Not Available for [One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
[One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Drawing for "Gretchen"
Drawing for "Gretchen"
Käthe Kollwitz
about 1900
Image Not Available for Armorial Emblem
Armorial Emblem
Jacob de Wit
early to mid-18th century