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The Pâté
1743
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A hare and a pheasant hang above two game birds draped over stalks of cardoons (a vegetable related to the artichoke). Beside these sit a basket of fruit and the titular pastry: a pâté en croûte, decorated with the royal insignia of the fleur-de-lys. This sumptuous still life is the finest work by Oudry in any American collection. A specialist in scenes of animals, hunting, and dead game, Oudry here rendered various textures, notably feathers and fur, with remarkable illusionism.
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
- Title
- The Pâté
- Date
- 1743
- Object Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 69 3/4 x 49 in. (177.2 x 124.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection
- Accession Number
- 1956.91