Painted Menageries
A 10-foot Rhinoceros that appears both wondrous and melancholic, suggesting her experience of being carted across Europe for 17 years. A 5-foot rare flightless bird called a Cassowary that will eat anything it’s offered, even the hottest coals. A 6-foot Antelope with dainty feet that seem to hover above the soil. Opening this week at the Getty Center in Los Angeles is an exhibit of life-size exotic animals seen for the 1st time in 150 years. These are the stars of Louis XV personal zoo painstakingly immortalized by the 18th century painter Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Oudry’s use of portrait lighting, theatrical poses and sensual colors give his paintings great drama.
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