Jean de La Fontaine

French author Jean de La Fontaine is seen here in a portrait by Largillière (Palace of Versailles). Famous for satirizing the foibles of his society, he retold moral tales with humour and bawdiness, and often with a twist.

Giraudon/Art Resource, NY

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La Fontaine, Jean de; French Literature

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