1501-1525—South Netherlands

Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness, and Desire (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag). Part of a tapestry series that symbolically represents humanity’s life on earth as a hunt. The human is depicted here as “the fragile stag” at the upper left bounding through the woods, hunted by Desire, Rashness, and Overconfidence. The hunting dogs are set loose by Ignorance, portrayed as an elegantly dressed woman at the bottom center (metmuseum.org; see below, public domain).