Fable of the Wolf and the statue, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1608 print A wolf with a carved head of a man in his legs. Other images in the background. The fable describes how a wolf discovers the studio of a sculptor and admires the images and plays with it. De Wolf soon notices that there is no life in the images. The moral of the story shows that people can often look beautiful, but without wisdom empty from the inside. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables. beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf. sculpture

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