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Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559, Oil on oak panels.
This painting depicts various proverbs popular in the 16th century. Over one hundred proverbs have been identified, although the exact number is uncertain as different critics have ascribed more than one proverb to some of the characters and details.
For example the playing cards on the roof of the porch, centre left, represent It depends on the fall of the cards. Many of the other proverbs shown are no longer popular. For further identifications, see for example http://www.nelepets.com/art/pictures/bruegel/main.html
This Proverbs also illustrates Bruegel's love of painting scenes of peasant life, a common theme in many of his paintings.
The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. This photograph of the work is also in the public domain in the United States (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).
From http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/proverbs.jpg
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