Fabel van de man en het houten afgodsbeeld 1758

"Fabel van de man en het houten afgodsbeeld" (The Fable of the Man and the Wooden Idol) is an etching created by Johann Heinrich (der Ältere) Meil in 1758. The image depicts a man, standing to the left of the viewer, and a wooden idol of a woman on a pedestal to the right. The man holds a stick in his hand, which he is about to use to knock down the idol. The etching was likely part of a larger series of illustrations for fables. The scene and composition reflect the common artistic genre of depicting moral tales. The etched lines create a sense of movement and drama, bringing the story to life.