De olifant en de rat 1772

"De olifant en de rat" (The Elephant and the Rat) is an etching by Dutch artist Reinier Vinkeles from 1772. The detailed, black-and-white image depicts a scene from a fable, likely Aesop's, in which a small rat is shown standing on an elephant’s back, highlighting the contrasting sizes of the animals. The work is currently housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and is a fine example of Vinkeles’s mastery of etching and his interest in visual storytelling.