BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder
(b. ca. 1525, Brogel, d. 1569, Brussel)

Twelve Proverbs

1558
Oak panels, 75 x 98 cm
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

These panels, joined together to create one picture, perhaps served originally as a kind of plate. The majority of the proverbs may also be found in Bruegel's painting from 1559.




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