D'Un Oiseleur, Et D'Une Tourterelle · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: D'Un Oiseleur, Et D'Une Tourterelle
Subject: men; birds; nets; pigeons; doves
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Brussels; Belgium; Ancient Greece
Description: A bird catcher spread his nets and tied his domesticated pigeons to them. He watched from a distance and a dove approached to try and free them, but became entangled as well. The bird catcher ran back and grabbed them. As he did so, he reproached the domesticated pigeons because they should have warned their own kind of the trap. But, the domesticated pigeons replied: We are more concerned with preventing our master's displeasure than with pleasing our kindred.
Image Creator: Jacobus Harrewijn (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Engravings
Identifier: mta:27336
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_27336_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: men; birds; nets; pigeons; doves