Fabel van het hert, de wolf en het schaap

A large stag stands over a small sheep while a wolf sits facing them, representing a scene of legal accusation and injustice. The middle ground features a solitary fisherman by a lake, surrounded by towering, craggy rock formations and distant architecture. The detailed linework emphasizes the varied textures of fur, antler, and stone characteristic of the Prague court style.

Created by Aegidius Sadeler while serving as the imperial engraver for Rudolf II, this work belongs to a tradition of using animal fables as moral and political allegories. It reflects the Mannerist interest in 'Theatrum Morum' (theater of morals), where classical fables were repurposed into sophisticated emblems for the intellectual elite of the Holy Roman Empire.