Pieter Breughel I

Pieter Brueghel I. Twelve proverbs on wooden plates,1558-60

Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s. Twelve proverbs on wooden plates,1558-60, offer a combination of wit and moral instruction through a depiction of the visual allegories of daily life. The panel containing the twelve plates that had once been individual dining plates each portraying a proverb. The legends were added later to communicate the meaning of the … Continue reading →