A Vanderbilt & Whitney Legacy: Property from the Collection of Marylou Whitney & John Hendrickson
A Double-Nosed French Pointer Bringing in a Duck and Lise Stopped before a Pheasant: Two
Each oil on canvas
Each 30 1/4 x 46 1/4 inches (76.8 x 117.5 cm)
Frames 36 x 51 inches ( 91.5 x 129.5 cm)
The second of these is a slightly altered copy after Oudry's Lise et Trois Faisans ( Lise and Three Pheasants ), but showing only one phaesant.
Formerly in the Whitney residence, New York City, illustrated in “Tradition and Intimacy: The Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitneys in New York”, Architectural Digest, November 1980, p. 146.
Condition
Both: Glue relined. Scattered touches of restoration. Double-nosed French Pointer: Area of restoration (roughly 4 x 1 1/2 inches) in the water near the center right edge. Scattered areas in the woodland near the center left edge. Several areas of restoration near and along the upper left edge. Some inpainted cracks in the sky. Lise and Three Ducks: Vertical area of restoration (roughly 4 x 2 inches) in the background above the dog's shoulder, and a horizontal one (2 inches x 1/2 inch) above her head. Three repaired holes in the lower left quadrant, the largest of these roughly 1 inch in diameter. Scattered areas of restoration to the left of and around the pheasant near the lower right corner.