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Date : approx. between 1735 and 1739
Sizes : 35 cm x 27 cm
Material : Oil painting on brass
Acquisition : Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift (2004)
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French Painting
Painting
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France
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The story of Brother Philippe's geese was drawn by La Fontaine from Boccaccio. Philippe, having dedicated himself and his son to God, retires to a mountain cave where the boy grows up free from temptation. When, at twenty, the youth emerges, Philippe truthfully explains to him all that he sees until they come to a party of young women. The umbrella casts delicate shadows on the pale faces of the women, while the young man's response leaves little to doubt.
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