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Return from the Hunt with a Dead Roe (Title page from a set of Four Hunting Subjects)

Return from the Hunt with a Dead Roe (Title page from a set of Four Hunting Subjects)

(French, 1686–1755)
(French, 1695–1772)
1725, printed 1736
Medium/TechniqueEtching, with drypoint, and some engraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 37 x 28.3 cm (14 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 38 x 29.5 cm (14 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Clifford S. Ackley in memory of Irvin Taube
Accession number2015.2279
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsWithin image lower right: Dedié a Messire Louis Bontemps Premier Valet de Chambre ordinaire de Roy ; Gouverneur du Palais des Tuileries, Bailli et Capit.ne des Chasses de la Varenne du Louvre; Chev.er. Comandeur, Prévôt, Maitres des Ceremonies de l'Ordre de S. Lazare et de N. D. du Mont Carmel.; / Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur J. B. Oudry 1725; below center Peint et gravé par J. B. Oudry Peintre du Roy. l.l. Se Vend à Paris chez Huquier vis a vis le Grand Chatelet avec privilege du Roy; in plate margin u.r.: I; Verso in graphite: C32714; 2/236; R.D. III/3
ProvenanceAround 1970s, purchased on the European art market by Clifford S. Ackley, Boston; 2015, gift of Clifford S. Ackley to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)