Oudry's painted menagerie
portraits of exotic animals in eighteenth-century Europe
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Author
Contributions
- Morton, Mary G. - Contributor
- Bailey, Colin B. - Contributor
- J. Paul Getty Museum. - Contributor
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin. - Contributor
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. - Contributor
Publication
2007 - J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Language
English
Word Count
37,750 words, Guess
Page Count
151 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17566636M
- ISBN-139780892368792
- OCLC Control Number608484145
- OCLC Control Number79861079
- Library of Congress Control Number2007001997
and 2 more
- LibraryThing4896679
- Goodreads3358284
Classifications
- DDC759.4
- LCCN6853.O86 A4 2007
Description
"This beautiful volume--published to coincide with an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum to be held from May 1 to September 2, 2007--is the first to focus on the series of life-size portraits painted by the eighteenth-century artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry of the animals in Louis XV's royal menagerie at Versailles. A tiger, a lion, a leopard, and, most impressive of all, the famous rhinoceros known as Clara joined a group of other exotic animals in Oudry's "painted menagerie," which was purchased in 1750 by his German patron, the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The book's insightful essays situate this suite of paintings within the context of Oudry's career; discuss Oudry's remarkable drawings of animals; and present a fascinating history of menageries and of the phenomenon known as "Claramania"--When the real rhinoceros, Clara, traveled through Europe and caused a public sensation."--Publisher's description.
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