Sleeping peddler robbed by monkeys, Monkey Game (series title), When a market peddler is sleeping under a tree, he is robbed by a group of monkeys. His merchandise is sold in the background to a family of monkeys (this time dressed as civilians). The monkeys also soil his hat and boots. In the right corner, a bespectacled monkey looks at itself in a mirror. Both the glasses and the mirror represent deception and (an attempt at) self-knowledge., print, print maker: Pieter van der Borcht (I), after print by: Pieter van der Heyden, after drawing by: Pieter Bruegel (I), Antwerp, (possibly), after

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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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