BRUEGHEL, Pieter the Younger
(b. 1564, Brussel, d. 1638, Antwerpen)

Proverbs (detail)

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Oil on canvas
Rockox House, Antwerp

The proverb illustrated: 'Man must bow his head to get through this world' (= accomodation to circumstances)




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