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Fable of the Two Mice
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Fable of the Two Mice

Marcus Gheeraerts (I) · 1567 · etching; paper

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

About this work

In a cellar a house mouse and a field mouse sit together at a table and eat food scraps. A man comes in with a candle in his hand. The house mouse has an abundance of food, but his life is much more dangerous than that of the field mouse.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFabel van de twee muizen. 1567. Marcus Gheeraerts (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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