Details

Related name

La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695 [Browse]

Engraver

Paroy, Jean Philippe Guy le Gentil, marquis de 1750-1824 [Browse]

Notes

• A circular engraved plate with dozens of tiny vignettes illustrating scenes from the fables of La Fontaine.
• At the center of the print is a column with a full-length portrait of Aesop on the shaft and a bust of La Fontaine on the capital. Below this figure is the engraver's signature, "le Cte de Paroy," i.e. Jean-Philippe Guy le Gentil, and the date 1789. The comte de Paroy was celebrated as a miniaturist, of which this print is a marvelous example.

OCLC

1347202467

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