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- The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Old Master & British Drawings, Lot 106
1. Feb - 1. Feb 2024
Old Master & British Drawings, Lot 106
1. Feb - 1. Feb 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY (PARIS 1686-1755 BEAUVAIS)
The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)
signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry 1731’ (lower left) and with inscription ‘14. 2 vol.’ (verso)
brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount
11 7⁄8 x 10 in. (32.2 x 25.5 cm)
The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)
signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry 1731’ (lower left) and with inscription ‘14. 2 vol.’ (verso)
brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount
11 7⁄8 x 10 in. (32.2 x 25.5 cm)