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Fable of the eagle, the crow and the turtle
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Fable of the eagle, the crow and the turtle

Simon Fokke · 1769 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

An eagle lets, while flying next to a crow, a turtle fall from its claws onto a rock. This illustration is made for the Aesopic fables of the Latin poet Phaedrus.

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Credit lineFabel van de arend, de kraai en de schildpad. 1769. Simon Fokke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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