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Le corbeau et le renard

The Fox and the Crow

The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables
(Wikipedia)

Bernard Geoffre
date?

Description

Stone relief depicting the fable of The Fox and the Crow: A crow has found a piece of cheese and retired to a branch to eat it. A fox, wanting it for himself, flatters the crow, calling it beautiful and wondering whether its voice is as sweet to match. When it lets out a caw, the cheese falls and is devoured by the fox.

Signature

n. geoffre

Sculptor

Bernard Geoffre (Paris 1929), French sculptor (Website).

Locatie (N 49°16'22" - W 0°41'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn051; Photograph: 1 August 2015
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