D'un aigle, et d'un renard · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: D'un aigle, et d'un renard
Subject: Wolf; Eagle; Tree; Nest; Fire; Falling down; boats
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Greece; Ancient Greece
Description: There is a large tree in the middle of the image. Under the tree, there is a fox eating a bird which appears to be a eagle. In the branches of the tree there are two more brids or eagles falling down. Right about them there is a nest which is on fire, the smoke engolfs the tree. The mother eagle expresses shock and angry, the eagle is ready to take off from the tree. In the horison there is a river and boats. There are also trees in the far distance.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27513
Language: fre
Source Name: Escope 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_27513_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Wolf; Eagle; Tree; Nest; Fire; Falling down; boats