Fable of De Pauw and De Nachtegaal, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1608 print A peacock and a nightingale in the foreground. The goddess Juno in the clouds. The fable tells how De Pauw complains to Juno because he is beautiful, but cannot sing. He is jealous of the voice of the Nachtegaal. Juno answers him that people cannot have everything in life. The moral of the story shows that one has to use the gifts they have received. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables of Aesop (with TITLE) : Use 85(...). song-birds: nightingale. (story of) Juno (Hera).


Fable of De Pauw and De Nachtegaal, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1608 print A peacock and a nightingale in the foreground. The goddess Juno in the clouds. The fable tells how De Pauw complains to Juno because he is beautiful, but cannot sing. He is jealous of the voice of the Nachtegaal. Juno answers him that people cannot have everything in life. The moral of the story shows that one has to use the gifts they have received. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables of Aesop (with TITLE) : Use 85(...). song-birds: nightingale. (story of) Juno (Hera). ornamental birds: peacock


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