The Fox and the Turkey Hens — Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) | DiscoverArt

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

The Fox and the Turkey Hens

1733

brush and black ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache, blue ink in margin; framing lines in brown ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The most recent edition of La Fontaine’s Fables illustrated by Oudry was a colored version produced in 2007 by Editions Diane de Selliers.

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