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 × 8 1/2 inches (15.9 × 21.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.49
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