De Mure Et Rana. .F. IIII. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Mure Et Rana. .F. IIII.
Subject: Fables; Birds; Frogs; Mice; Pond; Drowning
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Itlay; Verona
Description: On the right side of the image we see a frog talking to a mouse that seems to be exploring on the shore of the pond. On the left we see the frog and mouse tied together, the frog is swimming downwards while the mouse struggles to stay afloat. At the top of teh image we see a bird that has presumably spotted the situation and is diving to grab both of them.
Image Creator: Liberale da Verona (Illustrator); ()
Type: Text; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:28392
Language: lat
Source Name: Accii Zuchi ,... In Aesopi fabulas interpretatio per rhythmos in libellum Zucharinum inscriptum contexta...
Parent Collection: I - Accii Zuchi. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1479); I - Accii Zuchi. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1479)
Image: mta_28392_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Fables; Birds; Frogs; Mice; Pond; Drowning