Landscape with the fable of the bird catcher and the snake, Johann Sadeler (I), after Hans Bol, 1595 - 1600 print Hilly landscape with farms. On the right a covered wagon that wads through the river. In the foreground, a hunter tries to shoot a bird. However, he is bitten by a snake in his foot. This is the imagination of an emblem where the moral of the story shows that pride comes to the fall. The print has a Latin caption with the caption of the emblem qui alta contemplantur cadere from Andrea Alciati. Venice paper engraving bird hunting. river. snakes. Rashness, Imprudence, Recklessness (+
Landscape with the fable of the bird catcher and the snake, Johann Sadeler (I), after Hans Bol, 1595 - 1600 print Hilly landscape with farms. On the right a covered wagon that wads through the river. In the foreground, a hunter tries to shoot a bird. However, he is bitten by a snake in his foot. This is the imagination of an emblem where the moral of the story shows that pride comes to the fall. The print has a Latin caption with the caption of the emblem qui alta contemplantur cadere from Andrea Alciati. Venice paper engraving bird hunting. river. snakes. Rashness, Imprudence, Recklessness (+ emblematical representation of concept). violent death by snake-bite. fowling, fowler
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