Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1559
Netherlandish Proverbs
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
A teeming Flemish village illustrating roughly 100 Dutch idioms in literal detail — bashing one's head against a brick wall, casting roses before swine. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
Up to 24 × 17 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Netherlandish Proverbs
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.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes ; he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings.
All Pieter Bruegel the Elder prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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