The cat and the two sparrows (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies , book XII, fable II)

JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY (PARIS 1686-1755 BEAUVAIS) The cat and the two sparrows (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book XII, fable II) signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry/ 1733’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘113.t.2’ (verso) brush and black and gray ink, heightened with white, blue wash, pen and black and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper within a fictive mount 12 1⁄8 x 10 in. (30.8 x 25.5 cm)