Gallery›Wellcome Collection›An eagle prepares to swoop on an animal which is entwined with a frog in water; illustrating Aesop's fable of the frog and the mouse. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
An eagle prepares to swoop on an animal which is entwined with a frog in water; illustrating Aesop's fable of the frog and the mouse. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
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An eagle prepares to swoop on an animal which is entwined with a frog in water; illustrating Aesop's fable of the frog and the mouse. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Christoph Murer · 1622

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Amici tempore adverso. CM.

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