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Pieter Brueghel de Oude. Nederlandse spreekwoorden Detail: De kat de bel aanbinden

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

1559

unspecified

From the collection of Catholic University of Leuven

Northern Renaissance Renaissance Renaissance Genre Scene

Dominant colour

Pieter Brueghel de Oude. Nederlandse spreekwoorden Detail: De kat de bel aanbinden is a 1559 unspecified by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Catholic University of Leuven.

Who painted this?: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
When & what style?: 1559 · Northern Renaissance
Where can I see it?: Catholic University of Leuven

About this work

This painting shows a crowd of people in a Dutch village. Above them floats the sky. On the ground, roofs and fields stretch out. Every square inch tells a Dutch proverb. See the man tying a bell to a cat? That’s the saying "to bell the cat." Over 100 proverbs hide in the scene. If this reminds you of busy village life, look up Pieter Brueghel I.