Image of the Day : Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel

by Paulo Coelho on August 21, 2008

Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel

Previous post:

Next post:

{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

marie-christine December 20, 2009 at 11:36 pm

a community at work.

Reply

THELMA August 22, 2008 at 11:28 am

Many years ago I saw a painting of Pieter Bruegel in the Museum in Vienna. I remember I did not like it! Too many people, too much movement..
Today, thanks to you, Paulo Coelho, by looking at it again with my ‘mature’eyes, I can see the painter’s magnitude and, of course, paintings of that time are the …photos of nowadays.
Love,
Thelma

Reply

Anu August 22, 2008 at 10:29 am

Bruegel…I got some prints from my mother-in-law in India…the daily life in this picture is quite gripping…and also has a bit of the mischief in it…

BTW I have started reading your weekly column in the Deccan Chronicle in India…

Reply

mariangela August 22, 2008 at 6:43 am

Huuummmmm….
bjs.
Mari Raphael.

Reply

tania chilby August 22, 2008 at 3:12 am

Looks like everyone is busy -working ,cleaning -playing ,nice picture :-) .Blessings Tania

Reply

Nancy August 21, 2008 at 11:43 pm

Wow, when I first saw the Image of the Day I didn’t think it was a painting. It looked like a scene made up of clay or wood, but the background looked like a painting(starting at the water).

Reply

leafytunes August 21, 2008 at 5:03 pm

this is beautiful… if i had a huge house i would buy it in print and make of it a wall!

Reply

Swagata Mukhopadhyay August 21, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Awesome.These Netherlandish proverbs(most probably during 1560) are also known as Topsy Turvy World.

Reply

Heart August 21, 2008 at 2:31 pm

How funny. I luuuv Peter Bruegel. His pictures have been used to find out how people lived back then. One of the things he shows is adults engaging in games and playing much more than we do now.

Reply

Alexandra August 21, 2008 at 1:53 pm

i feel so frustrated.I dont know much about it.but lovely

Reply

grace August 21, 2008 at 12:27 pm

a copy from this image was in my grandmother`s house from a long time ago …..

Reply

Leave a Comment

Previous post:

Next post: