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Jean-Baptiste Oudry

The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogul (La Fontaine, Fables, XI, 4)

1732
Brush and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white on blue paper. Framing lines in dark brown ink and blue wash
31.1 × 25.7 cm (12.2 × 10.1 in)

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