Netherlandish Proverbs
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Netherlandish Proverbs
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Netherlandish Proverbs is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts a scene in which humans and, to a lesser extent, animals and objects, offer literal illustrations of Dutch-language proverbs and idioms. Running themes in Bruegel's paintings that appear in Netherlandish Proverbs are the absurdity, wickedness and foolishness of humans. Its original title, The Blue Cloak or The Folly of the World, indicates that Bruegel's intent was not just to illustrate proverbs,
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Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs
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2024-04-23T10:13:38Z
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