D'un Autruche, et d'un Rossignol · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: D'un Autruche, et d'un Rossignol
Subject: Nature; Bird
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Belgium; Brussels
Description: An ostrich, and a nightingale met, and fell in love at once on the advantages which they believed to have one on the other. The Ostrich and the Nightingale were in love with each other, and the beauty of their plumage, which served to adorn and magnify the kings, was the main reason for their love. The Nightingale agreed, but not for that reason, that this plumage could be compared to his sweet and melodious voice, which charmed everyone. After which she flew away, without wanting to hear any longer the impertinences of the Ostrich.
Image Creator: Jacobus Harrewijn (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:28941
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_28941_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Nature; Bird