[Birds Held Captive] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Birds Held Captive]
Subject: Birds; Capture; Freedom; Humans
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Europe; Germany
Description: There are four birds. One bird is tied to the ground by its neck. The second bird is tied to the ground by its leg. The third bird is flying away. The fourth bird is being held by a man at its feet. The birds seem to be in distress
Image Creator: Aesop
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:27814
Source Name: [Aesopus Moralisatus]
Parent Collection: 1479 Augsburg
Image: mta_27814_OBJ.jpg