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Maximilian Pirner painted Homo homini lupus in 1901. It is an allegorical satire, showing a winged figure, which represents imagination, being crucified by monkeys before a crowd of other beasts.^[1]

Homo homini lupus, or in its unabridged form Homo homini lupus est, is a Latin proverb meaning literally "Man to man is wolf". It is used to refer to situations where a person has behaved comparably to a wolf. In this case, the wolf represents predatory, cruel, and generally inhuman qualities.

^ Homo homini lupus, National Gallery in Prague, 1901