Wilt voor de grijpende zwermen. D'onnoofele befcheimen. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Wilt voor de grijpende zwermen. D'onnoofele befcheimen.
Subject: Chicks; Birds of prey
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Bruges (Belgium)
Description: Two large birds attack a smaller bird in the air. The small bird dives as the other two reach for it with their talons. A third bird watches from the ground of a barn. Ten chicks on the right of the page are confined in a woven cage, safe from the altercation.
Image Creator: Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (Illustrator);Eduard de Dene (Translator); Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (Illustrator); Eduard de Dene (Translator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27409
Language: dut
Source Name: De Warachtighe Fabulen der Dieren
Parent Collection: "De warachtighe fabvlen der dieren," by Eduard de Dene. Etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (1567); "De warachtighe fabvlen der dieren," by Eduard de Dene. Etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (1567)
Image: mta_27409_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Chicks; Birds of prey