Return from the Hunt with a Dead Roe

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Return from the Hunt with a Dead Roe

1725 (printed 1736)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) After a painting dated 1721 by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)

Printmakers in eighteenth-century France liked to embellish their work with engraved dedications to important individuals, who were flattered to be associated with a widely circulated image. Here a sizeable portion of the composition is devoted to a list of the many titles of Louis Bontemps, a minor official at the court of Louis XV. Dedicatees of prints would usually reward the printmaker with an introduction to a patron, a gift of money, or a favor of some sort, such as a gold snuffbox.

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Object Details

Titles:

Return from the Hunt with a Dead Roe
Dedication plate from a suite of four prints

Date:

1725 (printed 1736)

Artists:

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) After a painting dated 1721 by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Plate: 14 7/16 x 11 3/16 inches (36.6 x 28.4 cm) Sheet: 14 11/16 x 11 9/16 inches (37.3 x 29.4 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-36777

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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