Men moet wel zien en verftaen, Waer af men ghiften fal ontfaen · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Men moet wel zien en verftaen, Waer af men ghiften fal ontfaen
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Bruges (Belgium)
Description: Five robed men sit around a table in the clouds looking down over a fjord. The man sitting at the head of the table wears a crown and an eagle is perched at his feet. The crowned man looks down to earth where a snake holds a rose in its jaws, looking up to the clouds. The remaining men at the table are in conversation. One of the men at the back left side of the table has horns. Below the clouds, on earth, a ship sails in a fjord towards a setting/rising sun hidden behind the rocky cliffs.
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:27406
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_27406_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Eagles; Gods; Demons; Snakes; Ships; Fjords; Heaven