Als t'hgeluck comt vanght, Niet ydelick verlanght · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Als t'hgeluck comt vanght, Niet ydelick verlanght
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Bruges (Belgium)
Description: A young man sits behind a tree on a small hill looking down on birds grazing. Two long rectangular nets lie on the ground below the hill. Ropes extend from the nets to the hands of the young man sitting on the hill. The birds unknowingly stand on and around the nets. In the back right corner of the image there is a house with smoke coming from the chimney.
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:27517
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_27517_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Catching; Birds; Trapping; Hunting