Der Kaiser und der Bauernsohn c. 1520

"Der Kaiser or [sic] Bauernsohn" (The Emperor and the Peasant Son) is a round drawing in ink on paper created by Jörg Breu the Elder, a prominent German artist of the early 16th century. The drawing depicts a scene from a popular folk tale, the emperor in disguise, accompanied by his retinue, encounters a peasant son, who is holding a piglet. The artwork is housed in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.