Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849, Swiss, active in Britain (from 1800)
Title:
Study of a Fox
Date:
between 1810 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid to board
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (15.9 x 21.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.49
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
fur | fox (animal) | animal art | animal | study (visual work)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
Jessica David, Jacques Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), An investigation of his painting practice and an overview of his career , British Art Journal, Vol. XII, Autumn 2011, p. 50, fig. 10, N6761 + B74 12:2 (YCBA)J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 66, 136, no. 166, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 33, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
It is possible that Jacques-Laurent Agasse made this spirited study in preparation for a life-size painting of a fox in 1813. The partial outline of another animal in the upper right suggests that this has been cut from a larger work. Agasse lists various paintings of a fox in his manuscript record book between the years 1813 and 1840. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016