The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies , book VII, fable XIV)

JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY (PARIS 1686-1755 BEAUVAIS) The ingratitude and injustice of men regarding Fortune (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book VII, fable XIV) signed and dated ‘J.B. Oudry 1731’ (lower left) and with inscription ‘14. 2 vol.’ (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 11 7⁄8 x 10 in. (32.2 x 25.5 cm)