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Pendant with a herm flanked by two roosters
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Scenes from fables in the corners of the sheet. Top left a satyr blowing a horn, top right the lame man leading the blind, bottom left an eagle with a scorpion in its beak, and bottom right a dog suckling at a goat. One of 8 unnumbered sheets from a series of 12 with pear-shaped pendants containing grotesques, birds, fish, and garlands, set within a framework of scrollwork and Schweifwerk.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHanger met herme geflankeerd door twee hanen. c. 1600. Dietrich Meyer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
