 Netherlandish Proverbs

Netherlandish Proverbs (; also called Flemish Proverbs, The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World) 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.Running themes in Bruegel's paintings are the absurdity, wickedness and foolishness of humans, and this is no exception.