The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol

National Gallery of Art

This print displays a rural scene with a medieval town or village seen from a high vantage point. In the center, there is a castle with turrets surrounded by buildings with thatched roofs. The horizon line is in the upper third of the image, showing more buildings and trees fading into distant hills and a body of water with the faint outlines of ships. At the bottom, people are shown engaging in activities like picking fruit and conversing around a tall tree on the left. There are several ladders propped against the tree, and piles of round fruit below it. In the distance, there are other trees with ladders against them. In the sky above, a set of scales is depicted in a small circle.