DrawingsFrench18th century

Combat of Donkeys

1750

Artists

Jean-Baptiste OudryArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and white gouache on lightly faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.3 x 51.8 cm (11 15/16 x 20 3/8 in.)

Provenance

William Mayor; Prof. J. Isaacs; Christopher Powney, London; Fogg Art Museum, 1964, inv. no. 1964.84

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