Leiden 1625/26 – 1679
The satyr and the peasant
Canvas
Dated: ca. 1660
97 x 120 cm
Inv.nr. 111-1946, Cat. nr.157
After a fable by Aesop. The satyr finds man’s behavious baffling: the farmer blows in his hands to warm them up, and he blows over his soup to cool it down. I.o.w. he tries to reach two opposite results with the same act.
Original fable: The Man and the Satyr