# L'ART ET LA NATURE, Fable Allégorique

- By: Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
- Date: 1723-1735
- Medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper
- Classification: Bound print
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/27230)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/5b2d502bf098a9426a9ca5b220a27935.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Text printed within a rectangular frame featuring arabesque ornamentation. The plate is not signed.