Netherlandish Proverbs
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Netherlandish Proverbs is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts a scene in which humans and, to a lesser extent, animals and objects, offer literal illustrations of
Pieter Brueghel the Elder The Dutch Proverbs Google Art Project
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Proverbidioms
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Proverbidioms is a 1975 oil painting by American artist T. E. Breitenbach depicting over 300 common proverbs, catchphrases, and clichés such as "You are what you eat", "a frog in the throat", and "kic
Netherlandish Proverbs
…other, but may also represent the advice "Shear them but don't skin them", meaning make the most of available assets. T. E. Breitenbach's 1975 painting Proverbidioms was inspired by this Dutch painting to depict English proverbs and idioms. A 2014 illustration from the Hong Kong magazine Passion Times illustrates…
T. E. Breitenbach's Proverbidioms, 1975