D’un Laboureur, et d’une Couleuvre · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: D’un Laboureur, et d’une Couleuvre
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Belgium; Ancient Greece; Brussels
Description: The image depicts a farmer and a snake inside the farmer’s house in combat. The farmer found the snake cold and close to death outside and upon bringing it indoors to warm up near the fire the snake regained its strength and attempted to bite the farmer.
Image Creator: Jacobus Harrewijn (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Engravings
Identifier: mta:27305
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_27305_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Men; Snakes; Farmers; Combat