D’un Lion, et d’un Ours · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: D’un Lion, et d’un Ours
Subject: Animals; Beasts; Lions; Bears; Donkeys; Hares; Wars
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Belgium; Ancient Greece; Brussels
Description: The lion decided all the animals must to go to war with the birds. The image depicts the gathering of all the animals shown in the background. When the bear laughed at the donkey and hare upon seeing them gathered and could not see what use they could be in the war. The lion gives the donkey the job of being a trumpet and the hare the job of being a courier. The foreground shows the bear facing the lion, donkey and hare.
Image Creator: Jacobus Harrewijn (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Engravings
Identifier: mta:27310
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_27310_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Animals; Beasts; Lions; Bears; Donkeys; Hares; Wars