Fabel van de Leeuw en of you, Giles Sadeler (2), after Marcus Gheeraerts (1), 1608 print A lion devours a donkey. There is a dead goat next to the donkey. A fox watches on a hill. The fable describes how King Leeuw invites all animals to the palace. De Vos does not trust the lion and waits for the entrance to the palace. He discovers that none of the other animals leaves the palace back. The moral of the story shows that tyrannical princes should never be trusted. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. beasts of prey, predatory
Fabel van de Leeuw en of you, Giles Sadeler (2), after Marcus Gheeraerts (1), 1608 print A lion devours a donkey. There is a dead goat next to the donkey. A fox watches on a hill. The fable describes how King Leeuw invites all animals to the palace. De Vos does not trust the lion and waits for the entrance to the palace. He discovers that none of the other animals leaves the palace back. The moral of the story shows that tyrannical princes should never be trusted. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox. ass, donkey. goat (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal)
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