Drawing, Still-life of Fish, with Parrot

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

1740

black and white chalk on blue laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A still-life drawing depicts a wooden tub filled with fish and crab, with scattered fish on the ground, and a parrot perched on a mast draped with a fish net. At right, a large wooden tub is heaped with fish and crab; other fish are scattered on the ground in front of the tub. At left, a parrot is perched on a mast which is draped with a fish net. Vegetation in background. Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund