Frontispiece, 1736-1743

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series Title

Suites d'Estampes Nouvelles pour les Contes de La Fontaine

Medium

1 vol: etchings and engravings by Aveline, Sornique, Filloeuil, Larmessin, Tardieu, and Legrand after Lorrain, Lemesle, Pater, Lancret, Boucher, LeClerc, Vleughels, and Eisen

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.1611.1

Artists / Makers

Jean de La Fontaine (author) French, 1621 - 1695

Various Artists (artist)

Jean-Baptiste de Lorraine (artist after) French, born 1737

Lemesle (artist after) French, active 18th century

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater (artist after) French, 1695 - 1736

Nicolas Lancret (artist after) French, 1690 - 1743

François Boucher (artist after) French, 1703 - 1770

Nicolas Vleughels (artist after) French, 1668 - 1737

Charles Eisen (artist after) French, 1720 - 1778

Jacques Sébastien Le Clerc (artist after) French, c. 1734 - 1785

Dominique Sornique (artist) French, 1708 - 1756

Pierre Filloeul (artist) French, active 1730/1750

Nicolas de Larmessin IV (artist) French, 1684 - 1753 or 1755

Pierre François Tardieu (artist) French, 1711 - 1771

Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (artist) French, probably 1702 - 1760

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Inscription

COLLECTION / DES CONTES / DE / LA FONTAINE / GRAVES / PAR DE LARMESSIN, ET FILLOEUL, / D’après les Tableaux de LANCRET & PATERRE. / Se vend à PARIS.

Bibliography

1912: Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col.556-557.