Napkin with the history of Daniel
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Linen damask napkin with the history of Daniel. Central field: the symmetrically doubled pattern shows from bottom to top three scenes: 1 On the central axis an image. Inscription: DEN AFGOD BEL. 2 Daniel in the lions' den. Habakkuk with a basket and iron pot is led by the hair by an angel. Below sits Daniel with a pleading hand gesture. A lion has laid its head in his lap. Other lions around, as well as a skull and bones. Subscript: O HEER WILT MI BISTAEN. 3 Daniel slays the dragon. On the outside the dragon with an arrow-shaped tongue, in whose open mouth a hand of Daniel throws the cakes. Thorny membranous wings, a split coiling tail characterise the seated monster. Daniel with a sixteenth-century gillie collar. The prince Cyrus half cut off. At the bottom within two lines: OM DE DOOT TE ONTGAEN. Standing borders: pointed oval vines with birds.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description