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an image of a man standing in front of a red circle with writing on it

Pieter Bruegel the elder - Twelve proverbs [1558] - Antwerp, Museum Mayer van der Berg - Source: VisitFlanders The Dutch inscription reads as follows: Vat ick vervolghe en geraecke daer niet aen, ick pisse altyt tegen de maen. A somewhat more literal translation (contributed by Jan): Whatever I pursue, I cannot reach it, I keep pissing against the moon. It essentially means “to waste one's time on a futile endeavour” www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/netherlandish-p…

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an oil painting of people on horseback in the countryside

Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Haymaking (June and July). Original Title: Hooien. Date: 1565. Style: Northern Renaissance. Period: Brussels Period (1563-1569). Series: Twelve Months. Genre: genre painting. Media: oil, panel. Location: Lobkowicz Palace, Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic. Dimensions: 161 x 117 cm.

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an oil painting of men on horses in a mountainous landscape

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525-1569), “the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting” and “a formative influence on Dutch Golden Age painting.”(Wikipedia) | The Return of the Herd (Autumn), 1565. Oil on oak wood. 117 x 159 cm. Style: Northern Renaissance. Period: Brussels Period (1563-1569). Series: Months of the Year. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

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