The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)
Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686 - 1755)
106
€10,000 - €15,000
Brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount
Paintings
32.2 cm - 25.5 cm (12.68 in - 10.04 in)
1731
signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry 1731’ (lower left) and with inscription ‘14. 2 vol.’ (verso)

Signed
Old Master & British Drawings
Jan 31, 2024
British Drawings & Watercolours
The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV)
106
€10,000 - €15,000
Brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount
Paintings
32.2 cm - 25.5 cm (12.68 in - 10.04 in)
1731
signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry 1731’ (lower left) and with inscription ‘14. 2 vol.’ (verso)

Signed
Christie's | New York
Jan 31, 2024
British Drawings & Watercolours