Big Fish Swallow Small Fish, Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel (I), after Hieronymus Bosch, 1557, The big fish eat the small fish. A large fish lying trapped on the bank is cut open by a male with a knife, revealing many small fish and shells from its belly and mouth. In the foreground a rowboat in which a father points out the spectacle to his son and a fisherman. With caption of one line in Latin and one line in Dutch., print maker: Pieter van der Heyden, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Pieter Bruegel (I), Jheronimus Bosch, (rejected attribution), Low Countries

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