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

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

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

1732

Medium

Brush and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white on blue paper. Framing lines in dark brown ink and blue wash

Tags

Dimensions

12 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (31.1 x 25.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Emma Swan Hall Gift, 1976

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Jean-Baptiste Oudry

1686–1755 • France

Comment on works: Fish; Game; Dogs; Hunt scenes

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