Oudry

/ udri /

noun

1. OudryJean-Baptiste16861755MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: tapestry designer Jean-Baptiste (ʒɑ̃batist). 1686–1755, French rococo painter and tapestry designer, noted esp for animal and hunting scenes

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The chairs and settees were old and covered with faded tapestry, representing subjects of the chase by Oudry and Desportes.

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The first is a vase of flowers, the second a peacock, designed by M. Oudry (peintre du Roi).

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How hard and set, for instance, do her features seem in the life-size oil-painting by Oudry at Hardwick Hall.

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Oudry was encouraged by Largillire to take up decoration also, which he did with conspicuous success.

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The landscape by Wildens, the cat by Oudry, by whom it was added, and to whom the picture belonged.

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