Better to sit with the owl than to fly with the falcon, Better to sit with the owl, Better to sit with the owl, Even to ghevloghen by the valck (title on object), Village view with a man and woman playing the flute together in the foreground. Behind the man is an owl. A little further on, a man, possibly the prodigal son, is chased from an inn called 'De Valc'. In the background Icarus falls from the sky. Despite the warnings of his father Daedalus, Icarus flew too close to the sun, melting the wax from his wings and causing him to fall proudly. This print is a representation of the proverb 'Better to sit with an owl than to fly with a falcon'., print, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1612 - 1652, paper, etching, engraving, height, 198 mm × width, 248 mm
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