Be Afino et Pelle Leonis · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Be Afino et Pelle Leonis
Subject: Donkey; Lion; Hunter
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Basel (Switzerland)
Description: A man and donkey are interacting outside. The man is carrying a large stick and holding on to the donkey’s ear. The donkey appears to be wearing the skin of a lion as disguise. They are outside amongst trees and a clear blue sky.
Image Creator: Anonymous
Type: StillImage; Woodcute, Hand colour
Identifier: mta:29043
Language: lat
Source Name: Be Afino et Pelle Leonis
Parent Collection: 1501 (Latin); 1501 (Latin)
Image: mta_29043_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Donkey; Lion; Hunter