Oudry's painted menagerie : portraits of exotic animals in eighteenth-century Europe
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Artist), Mary G. Morton (Editor, Contributor), Colin B. Bailey (Contributor), Marina Belozerskaya (Contributor), Charissa Bremer-David (Contributor), Christoph Frank (Contributor), Mark Leonard (Contributor), J. Paul Getty Museum (Organizer), Staatliches Museum Schwerin (Organizer), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Organizer)
"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
eBook, English, 2007
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2007