Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Gods Wishing to Instruct a Son of Jupiter'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Gods Wishing to Instruct a Son of Jupiter' (in French 'Les Dieux voulant instruire un fils de Jupiter').

Engraving by Gustave Doré published in the book 'Fables de La Fontaine', published by Librairie Hachette et Cie in 1890.

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Pierre Pitrou

Reference

PTR26A01_123

License type

Rights managed

Available size

180.5Mb (8.9Mb) / 34.4in x 20.4in / 10312 x 6118 (300dpi)

Keywords

17th century 19th century Illustration Engraving Drawing Gustave Doré Fables Jean de La Fontaine French literature Poetry France French Allegory Literary illustration Animals Animal Putti Clouds Gods Landscape Procession Children Jupiter Son Education Learning Young god Olympus Mythology Mercury Apollo Venus Child Gods of Olympus Youth Love Science Passion War Wisdom Lesson Cupid Virtue Pleasure