1726
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Scene with the Tall Baguenodière is a 1726 chalk by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing is packed with people in a chaotic, crowded room. Some stand, some sit, and others sprawl on the floor. The walls are lined with faded blue paper, and the figures look like they’re caught mid-motion, all tangled together. One man in the back is holding a tall, skinny bag—maybe that’s why it’s called *The Scene with the Tall Baguenodière*. The artist used dark lines and white highlights to make the figures pop. The colors are mostly brown now, but the paper was once blue. The scene feels like a story, but it’s not clear who these people are or what’s happening. Want to see more like this? Check out Baroque art for wild, dramatic scenes like this one.
Jean-Baptiste Oudry was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game. His son, Jacques-Charles Oudry, was also a painter.
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