World record as Oudry makes Fr6.2m
FRANCE: JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY brought early Spring smiles to Drouot as his Maison du Jardinier (1739) pictured here, first shown at the Salon of 1740, sold to a French buyer for a world record Fr6.2m (£639,000) under the Le Blanc hammer on March 17.
This eye-easy work, 26 x 32in (65 x 81cm), hardly conformed to Oudry’s image as a hunting and game s…