The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog (La Fontaine, Fables, XII, 13)
Jean-Baptiste Oudry French
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Title: The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog (La Fontaine, Fables, XII, 13)
Artist:
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Date: 1733
Medium: Brush and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white on blue paper. Framing lines in brush and black ink and blue wash.
Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (30.8 x 25.7 cm.)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1976
Accession Number: 1976.188
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