Ydel conften vzeren, Lettel profiteren · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ydel conften vzeren, Lettel profiteren
Subject: Dogs; Cats; Boats; People; Tree
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Bruges (Belgium)
Description: In the foreground, two cats are in a tree. Around the base of the tree, four dogs circle. To the right of the tree, two of the dogs are running toward the tree. On the right, a dog is biting the neck of the fourth dog. In the background, people fish and sail. A horse a wagon moves along the road, next to the waterway.
Image Creator: Marcus Gheeraerts (Illustrator); Eduard de Dene (Translator)
Type: StillImage; Etching
Identifier: mta:28590
Language: dut
Source Name: De Warachtighe Fabulen der Dieren
Parent Collection: "De warachtighe fabvlen der dieren," by Eduard de Dene. Etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (1567); "De warachtighe fabvlen der dieren," by Eduard de Dene. Etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (1567)
Image: mta_28590_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Dogs; Cats; Boats; People; Tree