Jean de la Fontaine

The writer holds a sheet inscribed with the first verses of the fable The Fox and the Grapes. The plinth of the statue is decorated with nine reliefs illustrating the following fables: The Frog that wanted to be as big as an Ox, The Fox and the Stork, The Crow and the Fox, The Ass in the Lion's Skin, The two Bulls and the Frog, The Oak and the Reed, The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot.执笔者手持一页印有寓言《狐狸与葡萄》（The Fox and the Grapes）开篇诗文的纸张。该雕像的基座饰有九幅浮雕，展现以下寓言：《欲与牛比大的青蛙》（The Frog that wanted to be as big as an Ox）、《狐狸与鹳》（The Fox and the Stork）、《乌鸦与狐狸》（The Crow and the Fox）、《披着狮皮的驴》（The Ass in the Lion's Skin）、《两头公牛与青蛙》（The two Bulls and the Frog）、《橡树与芦苇》（The Oak and the Reed）以及《陶罐与铁罐》（The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot）。