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Vjecoslav Pejacevic Slovakian Painting, Aesop’s Fable the Fox and the Crow

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Wonderful fairytale painting, oil on canvas - perfect for the child’s room. By Slavic artist Vejecoslav Pejacevic, created circa 1930's - 1940's. Depicts the well-loved Aesop Fable concerning flattery featuring the sly fox and the proud crow. Measures: 31.5"h x 23.5"w. Frame measures: 35.5"h x 27.75"w. The work is in excellent condition and is signed upper right. The story of the painting is seen on labels attached to the back. The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index. There are early Latin and Greek versions of the fable. The story is used as a warning against listening to flattery. In the fable 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. The earliest surviving versions of the fable, in both Greek and Latin, date from the 1st century of the Common Era. Evidence that it was well known before then comes in the poems of the Latin poet Horace, who alludes to it twice.
  • Creator:
    Vjecoslav Pejacevic (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Width: 27.75 in (70.49 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1930s-1940s
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1875326643942
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