Pieter Bruegel
Netherlandish Proverbs
1559
Oil on oak panel, 117 x 163 cm
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
Here's Pieter Bruegel's oil painting Netherlandish Proverbs again if you missed it a couple blog posts ago. The idea of posting it without much background information regarding the artist or the painting was to see if anyone could pick out the symbolism depicted. Pieter Bruegel is known for having meanings to his paintings beyond what one might suspect initially and Netherlandish Proverbs is a great example of this, with over 100 idioms portrayed through the figures.
As I was researching how to explain all of these idioms to everyone, I came across an Etsy store that sells jewelry. They have pendant necklaces available with different closeups of the painting that show a specific proverb. If you're interested check them out here! They're only $10!
Finally, what this post is actually about...the idioms revealed! However, I don't think a blog post can do the painting justice as well as Wikipedia already has. They have each idiom (112!) as well as a closeup of the painting that depicts that proverb already available. So here is a link to the page, enjoy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs
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