Fabel of the dog and his mirror image, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1608 print A dog with a piece of chicken in its mouth stands on a bridge and looks in the water at his mirror image. The fable describes a dog that walks over a bridge with a piece of meat. He sees his own reflection in the water. He opens his mouth to steal the meat from his reflection and loses his own piece of meat. The moral of the story shows that people are never satisfied. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fable of the Dog on the Bridge. dog. bridge. reflection (in a mirror)

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