Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Netherlandish Proverbs and Sixteenth Century Dutch Semiotics

"In 1559, Pieter Bruegel the Elder‘s depiction of {7f2015}Netherlandish Proverbs‖ illustrated his profound understanding of the Dutch love for proverbs, their contemporary values, and appreciation for moral lessons in art forms. Depicting gestures and poses that represented proverbial phrases enabled Bruegel‘s leap from didactic labels employed by other artists to his inscription-free success of {7f2015}Netherlandish Proverbs.‖ My examination reveals that Bruegel‘s employment of gestural imagery, indicating rhetorical phrases or proverbs, was reinforced by a history of scholarly curatorship for written proverb collections, humanist interest in proverbs, and use of Dutch vernacular to bolster protonational pride"

Proverbia communia; a fifteenth century collection of Dutch proverbs together with the Low German version.

Commentary includes the English translation.

Illustrative gatherings for preachers and teachers : A manual of anecdotes, facts, figures, proverbs, quotations, etc. Adapted for Christian teaching.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Book of Proverbs /by R.F. Horton.

Mode of access: Internet.

Scènes et proverbs

Le fruit défendu.--La crise.--Rédemption.--Le pour et le contre.--Alix.--La partie de dames.--La clef d'or.

Netherlandish Proverbs

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; 3 ft. 10-/16 in. x 5 ft. 4-11/64 in.; oil on oak

Netherlandish Proverbs

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; 3 ft. 10-/16 in. x 5 ft. 4-11/64 in.; oil on oak

Netherlandish Proverbs: lower left

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak