L'ane et le chien (The Donkey and the Dog), published 1756

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series Title

La Fontaine's "Fables": Fable CLIX

Medium

hand-colored etching

Dimensions

plate: 28.3 × 21 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

sheet: 39.6 × 27.5 cm (15 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ware

Catalogue Raisonné

Locquin 1912, no. 1107

Accession Number

1975.81.1

Artists / Makers

Michel Aubert (artist) French, 1700 or 1704 - 1757

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (artist after) French, 1686 - 1755

Image Use

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Inscription

"J. B. Oudry inv." recto, lower left margin. "Marvie aqua forti, M. Aubert caelo sculpserunt." recto, lower right margin. "31" recto, upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Bibliography

1912: Locquin, Jean. "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Jean-Baptiste Oudry ..." Archives de l'Art francais n.s. 6 (1912): 1-209.