An image from The Four Truths, one of the productions that also features Jean de la Fontaine.

Jean de la Fontaine

July 8, 1621 — Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages. -Wikipedia entry