Le Phénix et le Hibou Les Fables de La Motte
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Gillot, Claude
(After)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1719
One of 68 plates originally conceived as book-illustatrations for 'Fables Nouvelles Dédiées au Roi par M. De La Motte, de l'Académie Françoise, Avec un Discours sur la Fable' (1719, Dupuis, Paris). This plate appeared on p.286 (Book V). First state, before the engraved lines.
Accession number: 24.K.12-277
Primary reference Number: 181999
Populus (Gillot): 86 I/II
BN Inventaire (18thC): 86
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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