A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

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A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Date: c. 1740
Medium: Brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board
Materials: paper (fiber product), wash, coating (material), gouache, watercolor, water-base paint, paint, lead white, opaque white pigment, white pigment, pigment, colorant
Dimensions: 31.9 × 41.4 cm (12 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Credit: Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

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Jean-Baptiste Oudry, A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog, c. 1740, Brush and gray wash and black gouache, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper (faded), laid down on cream board, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

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