LOT OF FIVE PLATES AFTER JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD (1732–1806), FROM THE SERIES 'CONTES ET NOUVELLES' BY JEAN DE LA FONTAINE (1) JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD (1732–1806), AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE PATAS (1744?–1802) Belphégor (2)JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD (1732–1806), AFTER JEAN DAMBRUN (1741 – 1808) Le Savetier (3)JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD (1732–1806), AFTER LOUIS MICHEL HALBOU (1730–1809) Le garçon puni (4)JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD (1732–1806), AFTER CHARLES-LOUIS LINGÉE (1748-1819) Joconde (5)JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD (1732–1806), AFTER JACQUES ALIAMET (1726–1788) A Femme avare galant Escroc
Lot 83
700900
(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