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11.15: Bruegel’s The Dutch Proverbs

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Dutch Proverbs.

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    Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Dutch Proverbs, 1559, oil on oak, 117 × 163 cm (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

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