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Study for the etching in La Fontaine's "Fables"
The Crayfish and her Daughter
Study for the etching in La Fontaine's "Fables"
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)
1733
Medium/Technique
Brush, gray wash and black ink, heightened with white on blue paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.2 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. )
Mount: 31 x 25.8 cm (12 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Mount: 31 x 25.8 cm (12 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund
Accession Number1979.290
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Description(L'Ecrivisse et sa fille). Study for etching (by Chedel) to illustrate La Fontaine's fable of the same name... [see Ref. field].
InscriptionsLower right: "J B Oudry / 1733". On verso: 123.t.2[o or 0 is in superscript].
ProvenanceMontenault Collection c. 1758; de Bure (by 1828) sale 1853, lot 344; Adolphe Thibaudeau; Solar sale, 1860, lot 627; Morgand (Paris bookseller c.1876); M. Roederer, Reims; Rosenbach (by 1925); private collection, NY c.1946; Mr. Claus Virch, Paris; purchased June 1979