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Fable of the Satyr and the Peasant
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In a peasant interior a satyr and his family sit at the table. An old woman pours soup into a bowl for the satyr. This is the depiction of a fable, in which a traveler is a guest at a satyr and his family. The guest first blew into his frozen hands and then into his bowl of soup. The satyr said thereupon that the traveler could not be his guest, because this one could blow both warmth and cold from his own mouth.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineFabel van de sater en de boer. 1620 - 1680. Jacob Neefs. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
