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The Servant Justified

The Servant Justified





Relationship with : Jean de La Fontaine

Date : approx. between 1735 and 1740

Sizes : 36 cm x 28 cm
Material : Oil painting on brass
Acquisition : Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift (2004)
Item 9 on 14
French Painting
Painting

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According to La Fontaine's tale, the master seduces a serving girl and is observed by a neighbor, who is shown here at her window at the upper right. He therefore invites his wife into the garden to engage in dalliance. Later, when the neighbor reports on his behavior, his wife observes that it is she whom her friend observed in the garden.
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