The Fox and the Grapes
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The Fox and the Grapes is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 15 in the Perry Index. The narration is concise and subsequent retellings have often been equally so. The story concerns a fox that tries to e
Pierre Julien's sculpture of La Fontaine with attendant fox
A wooden panel from an 18th-century chest of drawers
Labyrinth of Versailles
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The labyrinth of Versailles was a hedge maze in the Gardens of Versailles with groups of fountains and sculptures depicting Aesop's Fables. André Le Nôtre initially planned a maze of unadorned paths i
"Plan du Labirinte de Versailles", printed at the Royal Press, Paris and illustrated by Sébastien Leclerc
Jean Cotelle the younger's painting of the entrance to the Labyrinth of Versailles; Cupid ('Love') on the left, Aesop on the right.
John Bowles (author) guidebook
Gardens and palace of Versailles in 1746 showing the labyrinth, by the abbot Delagrive