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One of several versions of an Oudry composition of c.1737, the weak execution is characteristic of the work of Jacques-Charles Oudry. Watercolours of the hawk and of the ducks are attributed to Jacques-Charles Oudry (Oudry Album; Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum). This picture is one of a so-called ‘set’ of three attributed to Oudry sold at the baron de Commailles sale in 1855. A further picture from the same group is in The Wallace Collection and is now attributed to Nicolas Desportes (cf. Nicolas Desportes P623).

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

Hawk Attacking Wild Duck

Date

c.1737–1747

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 194.5 x W 129 cm

Accession number

P624

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, probably 1855; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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