Du Singe, Et Du Renard · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Du Singe, Et Du Renard
Subject: animals; foxes; monkeys
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Brussels; Belgium; Ancient Greece
Description: At a meeting of the animals, to elect a new ruler, the monkey was asked to dance. He did this so well that the animals elected him as their king. The fox did not vote for the monkey and was very disgusted by the election of an unworthy ruler. One day he found a trap with a bit of meat in it. He hurried to the king monkey and told him he found a rich treasure. The greedy Monkey followed the fox to the trap, and as soon as he saw the meat he grabbed it, only to be caught in the trap. The fox laughed and said: "You pretend to be our king but cannot even take care of yourself." Shortly after another election was held.
Image Creator: Jacobus Harrewijn (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Engravings
Identifier: mta:27342
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_27342_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: animals; foxes; monkeys