Author: Hondius, Wilhelm (1598-1658) [?] after Venne, Adriaen van de (1589-1662)
Title: Engraving/Gravure: Daer de slange het hooft in krijght, daer krijgtse licht het lijf in (Alle de Wercken van den heere Jacob Cats..., 1655).
Description: Proverb turned into an emblem by van de Venne and then put into print by Hondius. A man teaching to another young man. Titled below: de slange het hooft in krijght, daer krijgtse licht het lijf in. Signed below: 'AVVenne Jn. / Wil. Hondius fec' Engraving and letterpress. Pages 487/488. Engraving on paper, below and on the verso text in letterpress, plate mark: 132 x 135 mm; total (passepartout): 409 x 255 mm. Only state. Damp stain on top and bottom right corners and on the left margin, not affecting the plate; pencil handwritten notes on the bottom margin. Date of print ca 1655.

Keywords: Allegories|Animals|Education|Estates|Fairytales & (folk)stories|Genre