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Fable of the Fox and the Grapes
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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A fox tries to eat the grape clusters of a vine. The grapes, however, hang too high and the fox cannot reach them. The moral of the story teaches that someone who desires something but cannot obtain it will later despise the desired object.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFabel van de vos en de druiven. 1608. Aegidius Sadeler (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
