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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail

Location of Visual Attribute
Exterior of the Wayfarer Triptych
#878
Hanging birdcage from The Pedlar

…a second bird, probably a titmouse or chickadee [Silver, 2006, 411:note 31; de Jongh, 2000, 43]. Of course, it might be possible to see this bird outside its normal cage context as escaped and wild; images of children, as Bedaux has indicated, are shown with such pets as symbols of their own capacity to be taught and disciplined [Silver, 2006, 411:note 31; de Jongh, 2000, 43; Bedaux & Ekkart, 2000, 19-21, 148-149, no. 26; Cats, 1642; Swelinck, 1627]. (p. 259)

Silver, 2006
Hieronymus Bosch

Keywords
Category
Intention, will and state of being
Interpretation Type
InfoSensorium Facet
(Sum, 2022)
Layer of meaning
(van Straten, 1994)
Conception of Information
(Furner, 2004)
Level of knowledge
(Nanetti, 2018)
View of reality
(Popper, 1972, 1979; Gnoli, 2018)
Iconographical interpretation Relevance (Iconographical) Interpretations,Narratives Second world (Mind)
Reference Source(s)
Bedaux & Ekkart, 2000; Cats, 1642; de Jongh, 2000; Silver, 2006; Swelinck, 1627
Symbolic Images