[The Stung Horse and the Falling Soldier] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Stung Horse and the Falling Soldier]
Subject: Horse; Soldier; Wasp
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Italy; Europe; Ancient Greece
Description: An armored horse is on its hind legs with its head turned behind him. A man in armor is bent forward on the left side, possibly close to falling off the horse. He holds a stick in his left hand while holding onto the horse’s neck with his right hand. A wasp is on the horse’s behind, possibly having stung it.
Image Creator: Accio Zucco (Translator); S. Conte Giulio Landi (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:25952
Language: ita
Source Name: [The Stung Horse and the Falling Soldier]
Parent Collection: 1487 Italy Brescia; 1487 Italy Brescia
Image: mta_25952_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Horse; Soldier; Wasp