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Fable of the Stag, the Wolf and the Sheep
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A wolf sits in front of a stag and a sheep. The fable describes how the stag accuses the sheep and asks the wolf to act as judge. Out of fear of the wolf, the sheep takes all the blame. The moral of the story teaches that judgments made out of fear contain little truth.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFabel van het hert, de wolf en het schaap. 1608. Aegidius Sadeler (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
