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Wolf and crane
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Wolf and crane

Abraham Bloteling · 1655 - 1690 · etching; paper

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

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A crane pulls a bone out of the throat of a wolf with its beak. The wolf had made a sheep its prey and when eating it a bone had stuck in its throat. This scene illustrates a story from the fables of Aesop.

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Credit lineWolf en kraanvogel. 1655 - 1690. Abraham Bloteling. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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