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Jean de La Fontaine

Also known as: Jean de La Fontaine; primary name: La Fontaine, Jean de; other name: Fontaine, Jean de La; other name: Lafontaine, Jean de
Details: individual; author/poet; French; Male
Life dates: 1621-1695
Biography: Poet and fabulist, member of the Académie Française (1684); published his Fables in 12 books from 1668 to 1694, and his 'Contes et nouvelles en vers' in various editions from 1664-74.

383 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1900,1231.3703-3788 |
Producer name: After:Charles EisenPublished by:J Lemonnyer |
Production date: 1884 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 2006,u.3263 |
Producer name: After:Gustave DoréPublished by:Cassell |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:New York (city)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1900,1231.3971-4010 |
Producer name: Print made by:DepollierAfter:Jean Baptiste Pater |
Production date: 1885 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 2006,u.3264 |
Producer name: After:Gustave DoréPublished by:Cassell |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:New York (city)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1900,1231.3829-3901 |
Producer name: After:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Jean Baptiste Mallet |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1900,1231.4316-4384 |
Producer name: After:Jean Honoré FragonardAfter:Jacques Louis Touzé |
Production date: 1881 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

drawing; print study

Title: L'Ecolier, le pedant et le maitre d'un jardin |
Museum number: 1979,0721.62 |
Producer name: BIOG40803 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1732

drawing; print study

Title: la Fille |
Museum number: 1979,0721.61 |
Producer name: BIOG40803 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1731

drawing; print study

Title: Le Heron |
Museum number: 1979,0721.60 |
Producer name: BIOG40803 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1731

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1869,0508.73-140 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste OudryPrint made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1755 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1872,1109.731-857 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Louis DuplatPublished by:Antoine Auguste Renouard |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1872,1109.590-730 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Louis DuplatPrint made by:Étienne Fessard |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Title: Fables Choisies de la Fontaine |
Museum number: 1984,0520,0.1.1 |
Producer name: Author:Jean de La FontainePrint artist:Kawanabe Kyōsui 河鍋暁翠 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Published in:Tokyo-to

illustrated book; print

Title: Fables Choisies de la Fontaine |
Museum number: 1984,0520,0.1.2 |
Producer name: Author:Jean de La FontainePrint artist:Kawanabe Kyōsui 河鍋暁翠 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Published in:Tokyo-to

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1943,1213.3.1-87 |
Producer name: Published by:CassellAfter:Gustave Doré |
Production date: 1865-1885 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1869,0508.209-277 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste OudryPrint made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1759 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1869,0508.141-208 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste OudryPrint made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1869,0508.3-72 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste OudryPrint made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1755 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

papercut

Museum number: 1878,0914.131 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

print

Title: Le rat et l'huitre Fables de Lafontaine |
Museum number: 1911,0524.9 |
Producer name: BIOG43745 Print made by:Edouard Rischgitz |
Production date: 1900-1909

print

Title: L'aigle et le hibon Fables de Lafontaine |
Museum number: 1911,0524.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43745 Print made by:Edouard Rischgitz |
Production date: 1900-1909

print

Title: Les grenuilles se donnat un roi Fables de Lafontaine |
Museum number: 1911,0524.11 |
Producer name: BIOG43745 Print made by:Edouard Rischgitz |
Production date: 1900-1909

print

Title: Le héron et l'escargot Fables de Lafontaine |
Museum number: 1911,0524.10 |
Producer name: BIOG43745 Print made by:Edouard Rischgitz |
Production date: 1900-1909

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4075 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul Edme Le RatAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Title: The Young Widow |
Museum number: 1932,0312.38 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1930-1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,1013.2334 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste DelafosseAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1762

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2236 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Claude François VillereyAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1770-1828

print

Title: Jean de la Fontaine |
Museum number: Nn,7.43.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne FicquetAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1763

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4103 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gustave GreuxAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1877

print

Title: La Fontaine |
Museum number: K,67.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Étienne Ficquet |
Production date: 1763-1827

print; book-illustration

Title: Daphnis and Alcimadura |
Museum number: 1932,0312.58 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1930

print

Title: Nicaise |
Museum number: 1873,0712.332 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IIIAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1740-1755

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0511.1046 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Rémi Delvaux |
Production date: 1797

print; book-illustration

Title: Jean de la Fontaine |
Museum number: R,6.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard EdelinckAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1695-1700

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4399-4516 |
Producer name: After:Alexandre Joseph DesenneAfter:Charles Abraham Chasselat |
Production date: 1762

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4089 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas MartinezAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1877

print

Title: Jean de la Fontaine |
Museum number: 1868,0822.2225 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne FicquetAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1763

print

Title: Nicaise |
Museum number: 1838,1215.161 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Friedrich SchmidtAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1740-1755

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MonzièsAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4088 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gustave GreuxAfter:Nicolas Vleughels |
Production date: 1877

print

Title: Mamolin Roy de Garbe |
Museum number: 2013,7025.1 |
Producer name: BIOG27640 Print made by:Joseph François Foulquier |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: J. de la Fontaine. |
Museum number: 2019,7060.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Augustin de Saint-AubinPublished by:Antoine Auguste Renouard |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4080 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MonzièsAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.3903 |
Producer name: Print made by:Tiburce de MareAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1881

print

Title: Nicaise |
Museum number: 1838,1215.163 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IIIAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1740-1755

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,1013.2332 |
Producer name: BIOG35115 Print made by:Noël Le Mire |
Production date: 1760

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4091 |
Producer name: Print made by:J C LemaireAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4081 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Jean Louis CourtryAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Title: The Hag and the Slavies |
Museum number: 1932,0312.43 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1929

print

Title: J. Lafontaine Costumes civils et militaires de la monarchie fran |
Museum number: 1887,0311.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hippolyte LecomtePrinted by:Delpech |
Production date: 1820s

print; book-illustration

Title: Joconde Contes de La Fontaine |
Museum number: 1900,1231.4269 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HersentPrinted by:Delpech |
Production date: 1818-1819

print; book-illustration

Title: Le savetier Contes de La Fontaine |
Museum number: 1900,1231.4270 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HersentPrinted by:Delpech |
Production date: 1819

print; book-illustration

Title: L'hermite Contes de La Fontaine |
Museum number: 1900,1231.4271 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HersentPrinted by:Delpech |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.5856 |
Producer name: After:Louis HersentPrint made by:Henri Guillaume Chatillon |
Production date: 1818-1856

print; book-illustration

Title: Le petit chien qui secoue de l'argent et des pierr Contes de La Fontaine |
Museum number: 1900,1231.4266 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HersentPrinted by:Delpech |
Production date: 1818-1819

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.5860 |
Producer name: After:Louis HersentPrint made by:Julien Vallou de Villeneuve |
Production date: 1818-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.6183 |
Producer name: After:Louis HersentPrint made by:Julien Vallou de Villeneuve |
Production date: 1818-1866

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Museum number: 1900,1231.4517-4595 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Duplessi-BertauxAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: late 18th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.295 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 After:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.224 |
Producer name: Print made by:A J DefehrtAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Jean PasquierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.292 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 After:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Jean PasquierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.222 |
Producer name: Print made by:Noël Le MireAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.284 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Simon François Ravenet I |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean OuvrierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.290 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 After:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Jean PasquierAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.297 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Pierre Quentin Chedel |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Simon LempereurAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis LegrandAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print

Title: Les voleurs et l'âne Dix eaux fortes d'après Decamps |
Museum number: 1863,0725.615 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alphonse MassonAfter:Alexandre Gabriel Decamps |
Production date: 1840-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.289 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Étienne Fessard |
Production date: 1743

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine RadiguesAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0928.211 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurent CarsAfter:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1755-1759

print

Title: La grenouille et le boeuf Dix eaux fortes d'après Decamps |
Museum number: 1863,0725.610 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MarvyAfter:Alexandre Gabriel Decamps |
Production date: 1840-1850

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1914,0214.58 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1721

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1914,0214.56 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1721

print

Museum number: 1914,0214.177 |
Producer name: After:Bernard PicartPrint made by:Louis Legrand |
Production date: 1738-1807

print

Title: Les Rémois Suites d'Estampes Nouvelles pour les Contes de La |
Museum number: 1873,0712.327 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IIIAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1736-1743

print; satirical print

Title: L'age d'or, L'age de fer |
Museum number: 1861,1012.40 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1791

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MonzièsAfter:Jean Baptiste Pater |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Title: Daphnis and Alcimadura |
Museum number: 1959,0411.129 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1930

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2011,7059.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean MathieuAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1797

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MonzièsAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,1114.635 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henri Charles MüllerAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1820-1845

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4102 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Jean Louis CourtryAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4090 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MonzièsAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Title: The Two Friends |
Museum number: 1932,0312.50 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1930

print

Title: Jean de La Fontaine de l'Académie Françoise |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1055 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Caspar PhilipsAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1729

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,1013.2329 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Jacques AliametAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1760-1762

print; book-illustration

Title: Comment le diable feut trompé par une veille de Papefiguiere |
Museum number: 1900,1231.4598 |
Producer name: After:Eugène DevériaPrint made by:W Mottet |
Production date: early 19th century

print

Title: Jean de la Fontaine |
Museum number: R,6.246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne FicquetAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1763

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4158 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edme BovinetAfter:Alexandre Joseph Desenne |
Production date: 1820

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2052-2066 |
Producer name: BIOG17947 Print made by:Paul Avril |
Production date: second half 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4224-4263 |
Producer name: After:Pierre Gustave Eugène StaalPrint made by:Navellier |
Production date: 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4096 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Jean Louis CourtryAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MonzièsAfter:Jean Honoré Fragonard |
Production date: 1877

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2014-2031 |
Producer name: BIOG17947 Print made by:Paul Avril |
Production date: second half 19th century