Brother Philippe's Geese, ca. 1736, Oil on copper, 10 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (27. 3 x 35. 2 cm), Paintings, Nicolas Lancret (French, Paris 1690?1743 Paris), The fable, told by La Fontaine, begins with Philippe, who, in dedication to God, retired to a mountain cave where his son grew up free from temptation. When, at age twenty, the youth emerged, Philippe truthfully explained to him all that he saw until they came to a party of young women