Le philomena et accipiter · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Le philomena et accipiter
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Basel (Switzerland)
Description: A nightingale and a hawk both sitting on branches looking at each other. They are on the only two trees that grew out of the hills. In the background, there are rocks, and a smaller bird looking up at one of the birds who has baby birds.
Image Creator: Sebastian Brant (Creator)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:28570
Language: lat
Parent Collection: 1501 (Latin); 1501 (Latin)
Image: mta_28570_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Nightingale; Hawk; Tree