Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Title page for: J. de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, 1722, Allegorical title page with the writer Jean de La Fontaine and his muse, verso lower right - stamped, The writer Jean de La Fontaine writes in a book and is accompanied by his muse. A putto brings him a bowl of water from the Hippocrene, the river on Mount Helicon and the source of poetic inspiration. He looks at the Greek fable writer Aesop who points to the sky where Truth and Fable are depicted on a cloud. Above them is a canvas on which various fables are depicted. In the margin a five-line caption in French., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 154 mm, width 87 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1721 - 1721, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), Work conception