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Jean-Baptiste Oudry

The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog (La Fontaine, Fables, XII, 13)

1733
Brush and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white on blue paper. Framing lines in brush and black ink and blue wash.
30.8 × 25.7 cm (12.1 × 10.1 in)

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