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Great illustration to the proverb!

***Pieter Bruegel painted in 1559***

very well posted for the theme!!!

beautiful painting to accompany with the true proverb

great choice!

Thank you Sini.

Thank you Iyerhari. You are right, the phrasing was a bit confusing. I inserted a comma to exclude confusion!

Thank you Jamby

Thank you Fawn.

Fantastic and a very true proverb ...great entry :)

Stunning entry!!!!

Thank you Elise.

Thank you Bali.

And now to find all the 120 prverbs and sayings ;-)

This is great,senna! I have tried sometimes if I could recognize some proverbs, but I didn't come very far:((( You know many proverbs....:)))

I love Bosch,
I have a big poster from Berliner Museum, never hanged, with is a part of this painting and proverbs; if i find it again, and i you wish, i send it to you !
thanks anyway for your so kind comment !

It is not difficult Elly if you have the right documentation. The Gemäldegalerie of the State Musea in Berlin published a book by Rainald Grosshans in which this Bruegel painting is analysed including all the proverbs and sayings. Although it is in German, it is not too difficult to find the right Dutch translations. I plan to upload a few close-ups of the painting with an explanation of the pictured proverb.

Riet, I just wrote Elly about the book of Grosshans where a full explanation is given of what is going on in this painting (see above).

Of course, Lydia, you studied in Berlin and you know all about the paintings in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. You are right, Pieter Bruegel is also known as "Der Neue Hieronymus Bosch". It would be nice if you make a photograph of that poster and share it with the FT proverb fans!

Thank you senna!

Senna3: Great entry. You will not believe this: I stood in front of this painting in the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem TODAY. Next to the painting fixed with a small chain you find several laminated prints of a complete list of all the sayings and proverbs painted and it is also indicated where you can find them...

Fantastic photo...very well presented true proverb!!!!

OMG this the mother of all proverbs!!

("The Dutch Proverbs" of the famous painter Pieter Bruegel, painted in 1559. His masterpiece pictures over 120 proverbs)

Thank you for the entry!!

I love this painting
great contribution for a true proverb

Thank you Anna. That is quite a coincidence indeed. It is good to hear that the painting is now in Haarlem (I thought it still was in Berlin). Haarlem is a bit easier than traveling to Berlin! I have extensive documentation on the various scenes at the painting and perhaps I will upload a few close-ups of these scenes with the corresponding proverb.

Thank you Litz.

Thank you Jomoud. Yes this painting is also one of my favourites, but then, I have a weak spot for proverbs. I am already collecting them from the age of eight years.

ok i try to do it

great painting and capture of it!!! it seems for me from a distance as a painting from Jeronime Bosh that he is my favourite!

this is a golden find Senna.....what a wonderful book you have.....
now we can lookforward to proverb mondays....and get a painting as welll....!

Thank you Gmastro. You are right, Bruegel has the same style as Hieronymus Bosch and is often called "the new Hieronymus Bosch". But the true Hieronymus Bosch died in 1516 and Pieter Bruegel was born about 10 years later.
I want to thank you also for your very kind comments on my other pictures.

Thank you Joe.

Thank you so much LizSA. Yes this book of Rainald Grosshans is wonderful indeed! By now, there is no painting I know so well in all its details as "De Nederlandse Spreekwoorden" of Pieter Bruegel, thanks to Grosshans!

Wonderful illistration senna3

Thank you Seamus.

Thanks for your reply senna3. Maybe a copy is in Berlin or maybe the copy is in Haarlem. I got the impression that they have the real thing in Haarlem... But anyhow: I have just seen it for the 2nd time now. I checked the museum site of the Frans Hals for you, but they do not show this specific picture on their site. A visit to beautiful Haarlem is so much worth while, you will not regret it! :)

ooohhh...my famous painting...this proverb right in the middle...above the
green roof.... I love it....sorry for repeating myself.....!!

Thank you so much Liz for your visit and your kind comments!

Nice painting, one could lost in this painting. I am going to look up on that Dutch Proverbs though now that you got my attention on it.

Thanks for your comments OrangeRose.
I posted 5 pictures showing details of this Bruegel painting. You can find them under the tag bruex.

A Dutch Masterpiece ;-))

Thank you Studio, also for the many other comments.

Excellent presentation of an amazing painting that I had not seen before

Thank you Mary.
It is a marvelous painting, you can look for hours and still discover new things!

FANTASTIC and so interesting

Thank you Martini.