Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'Daphnis and Alcimadura'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'Daphnis and Alcimadura' (in French 'Daphné et Alcimadure').

Full-page plate 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_176

License type

Rights managed

Available size

203.2Mb (24.7Mb) / 25.1in x 31.5in / 7515 x 9449 (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 Temple Columns Young women Dresses Antique Death Despair Young man Lying down Daphnis Alcimadura Love Youth Shepherds Pride Disdain Lovers Cruelty Idyll Mythology Antiquity Greece Landscape Gods Punishment Venus Cupid Tomb Ruins Tears Sacrifice Pastoral Woman Young girl Tragedy Beauty