Fabel of Het Hert, De Wolf and the Schaap, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1608 print A wolf is for a deer and a sheep. The fable describes how the deer suits the sheep and the wolf asks to play the judge. For fear of the wolf, the sheep takes on all the debt. The moral of the story shows that statements made out of fear contain little truth. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables. beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf. hoofed animals: stag. sheep

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