Contes et nouvelles en vers: A Femme avare galant Escroc, from "Les Contes de la Fontaine"
Jean de La Fontaine|Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jacques Aliamet|Pierre Didot l'ainé · French|French|French|French
Date: 1795
Medium: Etching; first state of three (Cohen)
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 15/16 in. (34.8 × 25.3 cm) Plate: 12 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (31.8 × 24.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Coins, Couches, Desks, Dogs, Men, Women
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Date range
1795 – 1795
Largest dimension
25.3 cm
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