Aesop

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Aesop

1640

by Diego Velazquez

Oil on canvas, 70 1/2 x 37 in. (179 x 94 cm) Aesop (from the Greek Αἴσωπος — Aisopos) was a slave who lived 6th century BC in Ancient Greece. He was famous for the fables (Aesop's fables) he wrote.