ArtWall Pieter Bruegel 'The Flemish Proverbs' Gallery Wrapped Canvas Art, 24 by 32-Inch

Pieter Bruegel 'The Flemish Proverbs' gallery-wrapped canvas is a beautiful painting which contains a literal illustration of idioms and aphorisms of 16th century Flemish life. Whereas some of the idioms have been lost to history, others are still relevant and in use today. This painting is considered to be the first large-scale rendition of the proverb theme meant to illustrate human stupidity and foolishness. Pieter the Elder Bruegel was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He is nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Bruegel" is being referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel. There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands. He was an apprentice of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose daughter Mayken he later married. He spent some time in France and Italy and then went to Antwerp, where in 1551 he was accepted as a master in the painter's guild. He traveled to Italy soon after and then returned to Antwerp before settling in Brussels permanently 10 years later.