A man imprisoned in strapwork and threatened by gigantic hostile birds. Engraving by C. Bos, ca. 1550.

  • Bosch, Cornelis, 1506 or 1510-approximately 1570.
Date:
1550
Reference:
2475320i
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Description

He wears an elaborate head-dress. Below, a couple of dogs (derived from the grotteschi which Bos had seen in the Vatican) attack the birds, who fight back

Publication/Creation

1550

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; image 26 x 17.4 cm

Contributors

References note

Sune Schéle, Cornelis Bos: a study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque, Stockholm 1965, no. 129, p. 171

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2475320i

Type/Technique

Subjects

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