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Title: [Eagle takes sheep]
Subject: sheep; Eagle; stealing
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Europe; Germany
Description: A man is holding a bird on top of a sheep. An eagle is flying away as it grasps a sheep in its claws, taking it with him. The man, bird, and sheep watch in fear as the eagle takes off
Image Creator: Aesop
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:27738
Language: ger
Parent Collection: 1479 Augsburg; 1479 Augsburg
Image: mta_27738_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: sheep; Eagle; stealing