Fontaine Collection (page 3)

Les Ecuries seen from the castle of Versailles, taken from the marble courtyard
JLJ4646246 Les Ecuries seen from the castle of Versailles, taken from the marble courtyard, Francoise d Aubigne, Marquise (Madame) de Maintenon (1635-1719), favorite of Louis XIV

The skeleton of Death helps a landowner take aim with a musket at boys poaching in his garden trying to flee over a
FLO4690300 The skeleton of Death helps a landowner take aim with a musket at boys poaching in his garden trying to flee over a wall

Advertisment for Folies-Bergere, Travail Merveilleux sur le Fil de Fer par Fontaine, pub
2962401 Advertisment for Folies-BergAre, Travail Merveilleux sur le Fil de Fer par Fontaine, pub. In Paris 1870-1890 (colour litho) by French School

Bathsheba, 1552 (oil on canvas)
XKH146761 Bathsheba, 1552 (oil on canvas) by Bordone, Paris (1500-71); 54x66 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Italian, out of copyright

Animaux dans des tenues elegantes se promenant aux Tuileries
DUV4212167 Animaux dans des tenues elegantes se promenant aux Tuileries. Vignettes illustrees par JJ Granville. Gravure signee Andrew

Vue d une fontaine a Amalfi (engraving)
3629649 Vue d une fontaine a Amalfi (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue d une fontaine a Amalfi. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1842)

Musee d ethnographie, Fontaine monolithe de Quonncacha, Perou (engraving)
3645968 Musee d ethnographie, Fontaine monolithe de Quonncacha, Perou (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Musee d ethnographie)

Fontaine de l hotel de Lisieux, a Rouen (engraving)
3644357 Fontaine de l hotel de Lisieux, a Rouen (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fontaine de l hotel de Lisieux, a Rouen)

The Lyre Player (oil on canvas)
WH48529 The Lyre Player (oil on canvas) by Rochegrosse, Georges Marie (1859-1938); Private Collection; Photo eWhitford & Hughes, London, UK; French, out of copyright

Place du Parvis en 1650, Fac-simile d une gravure de Van Merlen (engraving)
963439 Place du Parvis en 1650, Fac-simile d une gravure de Van Merlen (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Place du Parvis en 1650)

Eglise et fontaine des Saints-Innocents, Vue prise de la rue Saint-Denis, d apres une gravure d I Silvestre
963119 Eglise et fontaine des Saints-Innocents, Vue prise de la rue Saint-Denis, d apres une gravure d I Silvestre, 1650 (engraving) by French School

The skeleton of Death in a cape dances a final waltz with fragile Caelia, as her dance tutor looks aghast
FLO4690328 The skeleton of Death in a cape dances a final waltz with fragile Caelia, as her dance tutor looks aghast. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Fontaine, au Prado (engraving)
3644279 Fontaine, au Prado (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fontaine, au Prado. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1844)

Nancy, Fontaine et Place d Alliance (colour photo)
2803907 Nancy, Fontaine et Place d Alliance (colour photo) by French Photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nancy, Fontaine et Place d Alliance)

A Fontaine Wallace (litho)
485254 A Fontaine Wallace (litho) by Deroy, Auguste Victor (d.1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Public drinking fountains)

Une fontaine aux Champs-Elysees (engraving)
5989709 Une fontaine aux Champs-Elysees (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Une fontaine aux Champs-Elysees)

Fountain of Mercury (photo)
NUL262992 Fountain of Mercury (photo) by Roman, (1st century BC); Area archeologica di Pompei, Naples, Campania, Italy; out of copyright

The Place du Chatelet, Paris, engraved by Frederic Martens (1809-75
PER267243 The Place du Chatelet, Paris, engraved by Frederic Martens (1809-75) 1832 (colour engraving) by Gilio, Carlo (d.1841) (after); Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Paris

Wallace Fountain, 1872 (engraving)
PER267217 Wallace Fountain, 1872 (engraving) by French School; Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; (add.info.: Public drinking fountains)

Fountain by the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome, 1868 (oil on canvas)
BOO183490 Fountain by the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome, 1868 (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; French, out of copyright

A woman in a garden having coffee with children or a cup of chocolate Painting by Nicolas
JLJ4567802 A woman in a garden having coffee with children or a cup of chocolate Painting by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743), 1742. Dim. 0.88 x 0.97 m

La promenade dans la parc de Saint Cloud Painting by Joseph Bidault (1758-1846
JLJ4575269 La promenade dans la parc de Saint Cloud Painting by Joseph Bidault (1758-1846) 1808 Paris, Musee Marmottan by Bidault, Jean Joseph (1758-1846); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris

The original sin, Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise Miniature in "
JLJ4587889 The original sin, Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise Miniature in " The very rich hours of the Duke of Berry" by Pol De Limburg (15th century)

Landscape has the Fountain Detail of a painting by Joseph Bidault (1758-1846)
JLJ4643895 Landscape has the Fountain Detail of a painting by Joseph Bidault (1758-1846). 1821 Valencia. Museum of Fine Arts by Bidault, Jean Joseph (1758-1846); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tours

The Spa Wells: Tourists drinking the spa water from the wells at Scarborough Spaw
FLO4690519 The Spa Wells: Tourists drinking the spa water from the wells at Scarborough Spaw. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, aquatint by J. C. Stadler, after a sketch by J

Place du Chatelet et Pont au Change, 1876 (colour litho)
962818 Place du Chatelet et Pont au Change, 1876 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Place du Chatelet et Pont au Change, 1876)

Marche des Innocents, 1855 (colour litho)
962774 Marche des Innocents, 1855 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marche des Innocents, 1855)

Ms Lat. Q. v. I. 126 f. 58 David spying on Bathsheba as she bathes
XJL197034 Ms Lat. Q.v.I.126 f.58 David spying on Bathsheba as she bathes, from the Book of Hours of Louis d Orleans, 1469 (vellum) by Colombe, Jean (c.1430-c.93); total:225x155 cm; National Library

Portrait of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), 1699. Creator: Millot, Henri (?-1756)
Portrait of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), 1699. Found in the collection of Ateneum, Helsinki

Portrait of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), c. 1680. Creator: Rigaud
Portrait of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), c. 1680. Found in the collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Fire at blue hour!
Les coulA©es de lave en fusion A©manan du cone. Photo prise au crA©puscule, A┬á l'heure bleu, juste avant la tombA© de la nuit. Le 13 Septembre 2016. Barathieu Gabriel

La Discorde, 1886. Creator: Felix Bracquemond
La Discorde, 1886. [Discord]

L Homme qui court apres la Fortune et celui qui l attend dans son lit, 1886. [The man who runs after Fortune and the man who waits for it in bed, or The fortune-seeker and the layabout]

Le Lion amoureux, 1886. Creator: Felix Bracquemond
Le Lion amoureux, 1886. [The Lion in Love]

Le Calandrier des Vieillards (The Calendar of Old Men, from Suite d Estampes Nouvelles pour les Contes de la Fontaine (Series of New Prints for the Tales of La Fontaine), 18th century

Designs for Plates Taken from Oudrys Illustrations to La Fontaines Fables, after 1755

Design for a Sofa, from: Nouvelle Iconographie Historique III, series Q, 1771 or after

La Gageure des trois Commeres: La Servante, from Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l imprimerie de P. Didot, l an III de la Republique, 1795, published in 1795

The Gauls and the Francs, from The Songs of Beranger, 1829

Le Paysan qui avait offenseson Seigneur, from Contes et nouvelles en vers pa
Le Paysan qui avait offense son Seigneur, from Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l imprimerie de P. Didot, l an III de la Republique, 1795, published in 1795

MONKEY AND DOLPHIN
THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN The dolphin thinks it has saved a man from the shipwreck, but finds its only a monkey

TOWN AND COUNTRY MICE
THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE The country mouse realises that he is not suited for life in the big city

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB The lamb, drinking in the stream, may have the law on his side, but the wolf shows him that might is stronger than right

THE HARE AND THE FROGS The timid hare discovers that there are creatures even more timid than himself - one of Dores most powerful images. Date: circa 1870

THE WOLF AS SHEPHERD One of Dores finest illust- -rations, simply taken at face value, and at the same time a powerful allegory of brute force hiding its brutality

FALL / PYRENEAN MOUNTAIN
Madame J. Harper Trois Fontaine and four of her very big dogs on leads. Date: 1936

FABLE / LION IN LOVE
THE LION IN LOVE He must agree to let his teeth be plucked out and his claws cut off. Date: circa 1870

VERSAILLES LENCELADE
FONTAINE DE LENCELADE Encelade, a mythical giant, is presumably picnicking here with his friends only to become the target of a thunderbolt from Zeus Date: 1688

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"Fontaine: A Collection of Tales, Art, and Iconic Figures" In the world of Fontaine, stories come alive through captivating imagery and timeless wisdom. From a woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil to enchanting fountains that grace picturesque landscapes, this collection takes you on a journey through various realms. Immerse yourself in the classic fables like "The Fox and the Crow, " where cunning meets vanity, or "The Wolves and the Sheep, " teaching us about unity against adversity. Reflect upon deeper meanings with tales such as "Stag and his Reflection, " reminding us of self-awareness and humility. Gustave Dore's masterpiece "The Council Held by the Rats" transports you into an intricate world where rodents gather for decision-making. Meanwhile, "The Monkey and the Cat" brings forth lessons on trustworthiness amidst mischief. Step into history with Khabanija Fountain in Cairo - an oil-on-canvas depiction capturing its grandeur in 1845. Explore cultural treasures like Jardin du Luxembourg's Fontaine de Medicis in Paris - a tranquil oasis amidst bustling city life. Venture beyond traditional narratives; witness unconventional scenes like a nurse administering a large enema syringe to a man in bed – evoking curiosity about medical practices throughout time. Discover hidden gems like La Fontaine de l'Arbre nestled within Pleaux, Cantal, France – an exquisite fusion of nature's beauty with human craftsmanship. Celebrities also find their place here; Olivia de Havilland, Franchot Tone, and Joan Fontaine grace our screens with their talent while leaving indelible marks on cinema history. Join us as we delve into Fontaine’s eclectic tapestry woven from folklore to artistry. Let these glimpses ignite your imagination while unraveling profound truths that transcend time itself.