BOLSWERT, Schelte Adamsz.
(b. ca. 1586, Bolsward, d. 1659, Antwerpen)

As the Old Sang, So Pipe the Young

1638
Engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

As the Old Sang, So Pipe the Young is a Dutch proverb referring to children's propensity to imitate the behaviour of their parents. Jacob Jordaens depicted the proverb in 1638 in a painting that was subsequently engraved by Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert.