Audio: Tour the Exhibition with Gallery Teacher Bryan Keene
Take a tour of Oudry's Painted Menagerie with gallery teacher Bryan Keene in this audio captured in the exhibition galleries.
Download the gallery tour (mp3, 46:00, 42.1 MB)
Here's what you'll explore on this tour.
Rhino-Mania Gallery: The Rhinoceros in the European Imagination
Learn about the life and times of Clara the rhinoceros and see early images of rhinos. Visit Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros, a four-foot-long porcelain rhinoceros by Johann Gottleib Kirchner (below left), and an engraving made during Clara's European tour (below right), then explore a painting that depicts Clara's daily life. Also, see a beaded panel featuring the figure of Clara.
Download the gallery tour (mp3, 46:00, 42.1 MB)
Here's what you'll explore on this tour.
Rhino-Mania Gallery: The Rhinoceros in the European Imagination
Learn about the life and times of Clara the rhinoceros and see early images of rhinos. Visit Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros, a four-foot-long porcelain rhinoceros by Johann Gottleib Kirchner (below left), and an engraving made during Clara's European tour (below right), then explore a painting that depicts Clara's daily life. Also, see a beaded panel featuring the figure of Clara.
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Left: Rhinoceros, Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, 1731; Right: A True Delineation or Pourtraiture of a Living Rhinoceros (By Some called Unicorn), H. Oster after Anton-August Beck, 1747
Image left: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung; Image right: Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Image left: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung; Image right: Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Drawings Gallery: Observing Nature
Explore several of Oudry's drawings, learn about Oudry's working method sketching animals from life,and hear about the origin of Oudry's menagerie project. Explore dramatic studies of a male and female leopard (below left and right) and a reclining tiger, consider a hunt scene of a dog attacking a bittern, and consider the realism of Oudry's incredibly lifelike dog portraits.
Explore several of Oudry's drawings, learn about Oudry's working method sketching animals from life,and hear about the origin of Oudry's menagerie project. Explore dramatic studies of a male and female leopard (below left and right) and a reclining tiger, consider a hunt scene of a dog attacking a bittern, and consider the realism of Oudry's incredibly lifelike dog portraits.
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Left: Study of a Leopard, 1740, chalk on paper; Study of a Leopardess, 1740, chalk on paper
Both images: Staatliches Museum Schwerin
Paintings Gallery: Eye to Eye with Exotic Beasts
Learn why Oudry's monumental Rhinoceros and Lion (below left) were not seen for 150 years and hear about the multi-year conservation project to restore both paintings. Explore Oudry's 15-foot-wide portrait of Clara, from hoof and hide to eye and ears. Plus, get close to several creatures from the menagerie including a cassowary (below right) and a trio of exotic birds.
Both images: Staatliches Museum Schwerin
Paintings Gallery: Eye to Eye with Exotic Beasts
Learn why Oudry's monumental Rhinoceros and Lion (below left) were not seen for 150 years and hear about the multi-year conservation project to restore both paintings. Explore Oudry's 15-foot-wide portrait of Clara, from hoof and hide to eye and ears. Plus, get close to several creatures from the menagerie including a cassowary (below right) and a trio of exotic birds.
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Left: Lion, 1752, oil on canvas; Right: Cassowary, 1745, oil on canvas
Both images: Staatliches Museum Schwerin
To Learn More
See an excerpt from the documentary by director William Friedkin that follows the multi-year project to conserve Oudry's Rhinoceros and Lion.
Both images: Staatliches Museum Schwerin
To Learn More
See an excerpt from the documentary by director William Friedkin that follows the multi-year project to conserve Oudry's Rhinoceros and Lion.
