Inscribed bottom center: LE RENARD ET LE BUSTE. Fable LXXIV.; lower left: J. B. Oudry inv.; lower right: P. F. Martenasie sculp.
Curatorial notes
This engraving, "The Fox and the Bust," comes from the complete edition of La Fontaine’s Fables, published in four volumes by Desaint & Saillant (rue Saint Jean de Beauvais, Paris) between 1755 and 1759. The first six books featured re-worked versions of classical fables by Aesop, Phaedrus, and Babrius, one of which is depicted here.
Credit line
Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York, Gift of Paul Himmelstein
Provenance
Gift of Paul Himmelstein and Beth E. Wladis to Columbia in 2020
CLIO BIB ID
14982856
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