1 print : etching ; platemark 191 x 140 mm, on sheet 275 x 333 mm
Material base
paper
Summary
A lion resting his head in one front paw and his other front paw on a cane is seated at a table. He wears a bandage on his head and a stag pendant around his neck. He is beset by a cloud of flies. There are three monkeys gathered around him, one of which is standing on the table and holding a spider to his neck. A rabbit sits under the table. A fox is holding up a vial which has a small horned and winged creature inside, and writing something. On the table are various bottles and containers. On the floor before the table is a crown, a broken scepter and sword, and two documents with seals.
Note
On laid paper with watermark. Two columns of German verse printed in letterpress on either side of image. Lampoon relating how a sick lion (i.e., Frederick V) whose urine sample reveals the presence of a devil, is plagued by Spanish flies.--From Paas.
Cited/described in
Paas, J.R. The German political broadsheet, 1600-1700, vol. 3, p. 346, no. P-794
