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A gang of hunters pretend to wash their eyes with a slimy substance, thus fooling the monkeys, who 'ape' them and blind themselves, allowing the hunters to move in. Line engraving by J. Collaert after J. van der Straet, c. 1610.
Lettering: Quo Venatores oculos lauêre catino,/ Pro lymphis indunt viscum: mox Simia visco/ Os oculosque lauat: capitur lento uncta liquore. / Incidit et caligata in idem quandoque periclum. Ioan. Stradanus invent. Ioan Collaert sculp. Phls. Galle excud.
Creator
- Jan van der Straet
- Stradanus
Type of item
- Humorous pictures
Creator
- Jan van der Straet
- Stradanus
Type of item
- Humorous pictures
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- V0011898
Identifier
- V0011898
- b1175385
- ICV No 12164
- ca35uq29
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:26:47.875Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:26:47.875Z