D’un Paon, et d’un Rossignol · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: D’un Paon, et d’un Rossignol
Subject: Juno; Peacocks; Nightingales
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Belgium; Ancient Greece; Brussels
Description: The image depicts a peacock who complains of his voice to the goddess Juno. The peacock envy’s the voice of the nightingale and is told by Juno to appreciate the beauty he has and not to compare himself to others. Juno sits in the middle of the image on clouds with the peacock standing to her right and a nightingale perched on a branch to her left.
Image Creator: Jacobus Harrewijn (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Engravings
Identifier: mta:27301
Language: fre
Source Name: Esope en Belle Humeur
Parent Collection: F - Esope en belle humeur. Engravings by Anonymous. (1700); F - Esope en belle humeur. Engravings by Anonymous. (1700)
Image: mta_27301_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Juno; Peacocks; Nightingales