Be bomuncione:leone r eius filio. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Be bomuncione:leone r eius filio.
Subject: Esopi Appologi; Greek Anthology; Greek fables; fables; Greek; Latin; Greek to Latin translation; lion; beating; tied down.
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Basel (Switzerland)
Description: Man in orange/ brown pantaloons has a lion tied in ropes on its back with the ropes attached to pegs in the ground. The man is using one stick to pin the lion down, while another is raised in a position that suggests he will beat the lion. There are three trees in the background.
Image Creator: Sebastian Brant
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:28777
Language: lat
Source Name: Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant.
Parent Collection: L1 - Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus. Illustrations by Sebastiani Brant. (1501); L1 - Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus. Illustrations by Sebastiani Brant. (1501)
Image: mta_28777_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Esopi Appologi; Greek Anthology; Greek fables; fables; Greek; Latin; Greek to Latin translation; lion; beating; tied down.