Art, literature & history
The Partridge Saves Her Young
1732
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- brush and black ink, white gouache, and gray wash, with a simluated mount in blue and gray wash and pen and dark brown ink, on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- image: 24.4 x 19.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.) sheet: 31.8 x 25.7 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1978.45.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Jean-Baptiste Oudry. The Partridge Saves Her Young. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Partridge Saves Her Young — Jean-Baptiste Oudry. 1732.
Medium: brush and black ink, white gouache, and gray wash, with a simluated mount in blue and gray wash and pen and dark brown ink, on blue laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 24.4 x 19.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.) sheet: 31.8 x 25.7 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1978.45.1. Gift of Constance Mellon.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.