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Auguste Toulmouche
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Description
- Auguste Toulmouche
- The Lesson
signed A. Toulmouche and dated 1858 (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 22 1/4 by 17 1/2 in.
- 56.5 by 44.5 cm
Exhibited
Possibly, Paris, Salon, 1859, no. 2881 (as La leçon)
Catalogue Note
The mother is reading from La Fontaine's well-known fable La Cigale et la Fourmi.