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Artist
- Name:
- Moreau le Jeune (Jean-Michel Moreau)
- Dates:
- 1741-1814
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Hugot
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Old Book Illustrations
Book
- Title:
- Fables de La Fontaine
- Author(s):
- La Fontaine, Jean de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1875
Description
A shepherd and a young woman are caught in a storm as an oak, struck by lightening, is on the verge of falling. The shepherd waves his crook defiantly at the sky.
The caption reads in the original French: Le chêne et le roseau.
Keywords: anger, black & white, fable, Fables de La Fontaine, frightened, Furne, pastoral, storm, tree
