Artwork
"Feed Not Things That Have Sharp Claws" [fol. 38 recto]
!["Feed Not Things That Have Sharp Claws" [fol. 38 recto], by French early 16th Century, ink, 1513](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--feed-not-things-that-have-sharp-claws-fol-38-recto--1f28115410528631-w1024.webp)
"Feed Not Things That Have Sharp Claws" [fol. 38 recto] is an ink drawing by the Renaissance artist French early 16th Century. It dates from 1513 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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Artist
A French draftsman from the early 1500s filled sheets of laid paper with tiny, sharp-tongued instructions—ink sketches paired with warnings like “Do Not Eat Your Heart Out” or “Feed Not Things That Have Sharp Claws.”…
!["Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--do-not-eat-your-heart-out-fol-22-recto--003887c9850175b9-w320.webp)
"Do Not Eat Your Heart Out" [fol. 22 recto]![The Calumny of Apelles [fol. 6 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--the-calumny-of-apelles-fol-6-recto--037fde9ac8dbd27b-w320.webp)
The Calumny of Apelles [fol. 6 recto]!["Do Not Make Water on Clippings from Nails or Hair" [fol. 30 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--do-not-make-water-on-clippings-from-nails-or-hair-fol-30-rec--03ca31c36e5a66b9-w320.webp)
"Do Not Make Water on Clippings from Nails or Hair" [fol. 30 recto]!["You Are Tying a Dolphin by the Tail" [fol. 17 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--you-are-tying-a-dolphin-by-the-tail-fol-17-recto--0abe83abfb5ccd1d-w320.webp)
"You Are Tying a Dolphin by the Tail" [fol. 17 recto]![A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--a-courtier-standing-between-covetousness-and-dissimulation-f--2578f4fe9846edc2-w320.webp)
A Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]![A Fool Feeding Flowers to Swine [fol. 42 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--a-fool-feeding-flowers-to-swine-fol-42-recto--27579a7c495e1682-w320.webp)
A Fool Feeding Flowers to Swine [fol. 42 recto]!["You Are Shooting at Heaven" [fol. 9 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--you-are-shooting-at-heaven-fol-9-recto--28e4ef6e8d8a696d-w320.webp)
"You Are Shooting at Heaven" [fol. 9 recto]!["Do Not Give Your Right Hand to All and Sundry" [fol. 13 recto], by French early 16th Century](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/french-early-16th-century--do-not-give-your-right-hand-to-all-and-sundry-fol-13-recto--3038ce878ea69e05-w320.webp)
"Do Not Give Your Right Hand to All and Sundry" [fol. 13 recto]
A Bear Hunt
Hercules Killing the Nemean Lion
The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
Orpheus
Allegorical Theme: Combat of Animals
Hercules Killing the Lion
Allegorical Theme: Combat of Animals
Allegorical Theme: Combat of Animals
A Warning Against Playing Dice
Hercules Overcoming the Nemean Lion