The sleeping lion, 1567; The Sleeping Leew. Allegory at political situation in the Netherlands in the year 1567. All parties depicted by animals. While the Dutch lion sleeps the fox and the wolf geese from a cage. In the background sleeping shepherds and having fun gentlemen while the cattle is stolen. With inscription of 1 line above the performance and in the caption, the legend 1-6 in 4 verses of 6 lines in Dutch, French, German and Latin (8 lines). Mirror-image copy to the original of Wierix.

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Photo credit: © BTEU/RKMLGE / Alamy / Afripics
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