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The Dead Roe

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755)

The Wallace Collection

The Dead Roe

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This picture is one of a pair of early masterpieces by Oudry, presenting two monumental buffets, overflowing with the food and game, which would probably have hung in a room used for dining. Solemnity is banished in 'The Dead Roe', despite the still life of dead animals, by the juxtaposition of the blooming hollyhocks, the lavish architectural setting, and the witty touch of the dog taunted by an escaped pheasant. Calculated artifice of this kind, combining nature and fancy, is characteristic of the genre pittoresque, the new French ornamental style of the 1720s.

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Title

The Dead Roe

Date

1721

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 193 x W 260 cm

Accession number

P630

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, after 1860; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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Jean-Baptiste Oudry

1686–1755

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