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.
- Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.
- Date:
- c. 1610
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- 17504i
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[Antwerp] : Philipp Galle, c. 1610.
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1 print : line engraving ; image 19.7 x 26 cm.
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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.
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Wellcome Collection 17504i
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