Beschreibung:

(1) from the series of plates 'Contes et nouvelles' by Jean de La Fontaine inscribed ‘Inv.é et Dess.é Par Hré Fragonard’ (lower left), ‘Gravé par J. Bst. Patas.’ (lower right), numbered ‘Tom 1er no. 20 p. 221’ engraving 20.5 x 15 cm (à vue) executed in 1795 (2)from the series of plates 'Contes et nouvelles' by Jean de La Fontaine inscribed ‘Inv.é et Dess.é Par Hré Fragonard’ (lower left), ‘Gravé par J. Dambrun.’ (lower right), numbered ‘Tom 1er’ ‘no. 4’ ‘p. 39’ etching and engraving on paper 20.5 x 15 cm (à vue) executed in 1795 (3)from the series of plates 'Contes et nouvelles' by Jean de La Fontaine inscribed ‘Inv.é et Dess.é Par Hré Fragonard’ (lower left), ‘Gravé par L. Halbou.’ (lower right), numbered ‘Tom 1er’ ‘no. 12’ ‘p. 90’ etching and engraving on paper 20.5 x 15 cm (à vue) executed in 1795 (4)from the series of plates 'Contes et nouvelles' by Jean de La Fontaine inscribed ‘Inv.é et Dess.é Par Hré Fragonard’ (lower left), ‘Gravé par C. L. Lingée.’ (lower right), numbered ‘Tom 1er’ ‘no. 1er*’ ‘p. 22’ etching and engraving on paper 20.5 x 15 cm (à vue) executed in 1795 (5)from the series of plates 'Contes et nouvelles' by Jean de La Fontaine inscribed ‘Inv.é et Dess.é Par Hré Fragonard’ (lower left), ‘Gravé par J. Aliamet.’ (lower right), numbered ‘Tom 1er’ ‘no. 10’ ‘p. …’ etching and engraving on paper 20.5 x 15 cm (à vue) executed in 1795 Reference: the same engravings after Jean Honoré Fragonard, from the series ‘Contes et nouvelles’ by Jean de La Fontaine, are in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and The National Gallery of Art, Washington