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Set of vignettes for Audin: Fables heroiques

Author Jean de La Fontaine French
1660, 1668
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Set of vignettes for Audin: Fables heroiques
  • Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
  • Artist: François Chauveau (French, Paris 1613–1676 Paris)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1660, 1668
  • Dimensions: Overall: 21 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 2 5/16 in. (54 x 39.4 x 5.9 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.505.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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