Pieter Bruegel

Netherlandish Proverbs 1559

118 Netherlandish proverbs are illustrated in the painting, ranging from: the roof is tiled with tarts in a fool's paradise, to inseperable friends are those who shit through one hole, to he holds an eel by the tail (a difficult task.) An excellent book published by Taschen, "Bruegel - the complete paintings" is very well worth acquiring for great close-ups of the paintings.