Fabel van de leeuw, ezel en haan

The print depicts a donkey rearing up in the center, emboldened by a crowing rooster that has frightened away a lion on the left. In the background, the narrative concludes with the lion turning back to attack the overconfident donkey once they are far from the rooster's sound. The setting features a detailed landscape with a fortified bridge and a distant city skyline.

Produced in Prague during the reign of Rudolf II, this work belongs to the 'Theatrum morum' series, which adapted animal fables into moral emblems. Such emblems were used in the Rudolfine court to contemplate human nature and the 'signatures' of character within the animal kingdom, aligning with Neoplatonic views on the macrocosm and microcosm.