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A Hare and a Leg of Lamb

1742
(French, 1686–1755)
France, 18th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 118 x 92.5 x 6 cm (46 7/16 x 36 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 98.2 x 73.5 cm (38 11/16 x 28 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1969.53
Location: 216B French and German
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This lavish display of game was painted one year after a devastating famine gripped France.

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Oudry used a starkly simple composition and sterile background to emphasize his virtuosity in depicting textures, a highly desirable skill of still-life painters at this time. These artists were aiming for the highest level of accuracy—an effect of the Enlightenment, the contemporary intellectual movement that emphasized scientific reasoning in all pursuits. These paintings were generally displayed in hunting lodges or dining rooms, as a glorification of the hunt and the bounty it brings.
A Hare and a Leg of Lamb

A Hare and a Leg of Lamb

1742

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

(French, 1686–1755)
France, 18th century

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