Netherlandish Proverbs is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts a scene in which humans and, to a lesser extent, animals and objects, offer literal illustrations of Dutch-language proverbs and idioms. Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1551 — painted at 26. Oak panel and oil paint. 117 × 163 cm. In the Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Northern Renaissance. Wiki link