The man and the grass snake (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies , book X, fable 1)

JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY (PARIS 1686-1755 BEAUVAIS) The man and the grass snake (Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, book X, fable 1) signed and dated ‘JB. Oudry/ 1732’ (lower right) 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 x 10 1⁄8 in. (31 x 26 cm)