Satires about the Situation in the Low Countries: The Sleeping Lion (Plate 2)

Art Institute of Chicago

Satires about the Situation in the Low Countries: The Sleeping Lion (Plate 2)

Attributed to Johannes Wierix

Date
1578
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Culture
Flanders
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
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