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For details of the commission, please see lot 153.
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Illustration of a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: Jupiter and the passenger
Details
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686-1755 Beauvais)
Illustration of a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: Jupiter and the passenger
signed and dated 'JB. Oudry/ 1732'
pen and grey ink, grey and black wash heightened with white, on blue paper, with fictive mount
12 x 10 1/8 in. (30.2 x 25.5 cm.) (sheet)
Illustration of a fable by Jean de La Fontaine: Jupiter and the passenger
signed and dated 'JB. Oudry/ 1732'
pen and grey ink, grey and black wash heightened with white, on blue paper, with fictive mount
12 x 10 1/8 in. (30.2 x 25.5 cm.) (sheet)
Provenance
For the provenance of the drawing, please see lot 153.
Literature
H.N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London, 1977, II, pp. 682-5, 703, no. D421.
Engraved
in reverse for the Fables of La Fontaine, fable CLXXXII, pl. 2
Brought to you by
Rosie Jarvie
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