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Description: | The man in the centre of this picture is wearing a crown of fluffy owl feathers. The people around him are tormenting him cruelly, as the birds above are doing to the owl. In the 17th century, the owl was regarded as the king of birds, but was also often used as a symbol of foolishness. This may be because owls flying in daylight are often disorientated, and act strangely. Small birds sometimes mob owls to drive them away. Giovanni Guercino was an important Italian artist. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | artists animals watercolours art men people natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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