The poet crowned by two apes at the feast of the animals
Painter: Roelant Savery
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Medium: oil on canvas
Description: The poet (Orpheus?) at the feast of animals crowned with a laurel wreath by two monkeys. Around this a large crowd of animals. In front right a group of beasts makes a round dance, on the left a bear plays the bagpipes and other beasts on flutes. Also: deer, horse, leopard, ibex, lion, dog, deer, wild boar, fox, cat, mouse, rat, frog, ox, camel, cassowary, ostrich, bat, rabbit, owl, grasshopper, heron, eagle, falcon, bird of paradise, snake, armadillo, parrot and other animals.
