Proverb Collection

Whatever I do, I do not Repent, I Keep Pissing against the Moon, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Whatever I do, I do not Repent, I Keep Pissing against the Moon, 1558-1560. One from a series depicting twelve proverbs. From the Museum Mayer van der Berg, Antwerp, Belgium

The Proverbs, 1939. Artist: Tom Chadwick
The Proverbs, 1939. From The Studio Volume 119. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1940]

Omnia Vincit Amor, 1599. Creator: Agostino Carracci
Omnia Vincit Amor, 1599

Man with horse, c1490. Creator: Unknown
Man with horse, c1490. From Proverbes en rimes, a collection of rhyming proverbs. This one possibly illustrates the saying: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Les Fricoteurs Politiques, 13 June 1850. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les Fricoteurs Politiques, 13 June 1850. (La France.) - Hum!...hum!...ca me fait l'effet d'etre une assez mauvaise cuisine!'

Jeunesse d'Alcibiade, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Jeunesse d'Alcibiade, 1842. The Youth of Alcibiades. Ce dandy rutilant aureole de fleurs, Si cranement galbe dans sa prestance riche, Voulant faire un beau jour la queue a ses blaguers

Landscape with Ruins, 1650-1682. Creator: Jacob van Ruisdael
Landscape with Ruins, 1650-1682

Eider Ducks, 1894. Creator: Bruno Liljefors
Eider Ducks, 1894

Still Life with Chickens and Eggs, 1640-1660. Creator: Giovanni Battista Recco
Still Life with Chickens and Eggs, 1640-1660

The Patricides, Each According to Their Own Nature, 1869. Creator: David Joseph Bles
The Patricides, Each According to Their Own Nature, 1869. Alternative title: As the Old Sing, Twitter the Young

Railway station, Grosse Ile, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: William H. Jackson
Railway station, Grosse Ile, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Railway station, Grosse Ile, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: William H. Jackson
Railway station, Grosse Ile, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Landscape with a Rainstorm Threatening, 1825-1829. Creator: Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
Landscape with a Rainstorm Threatening, 1825-1829

Removing the Rocks in the Head, c.1550-c.1600. Creator: Unknown
Removing the Rocks in the Head, c.1550-c.1600

Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing, 1850. Creator: Willem Roelofs
Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing, 1850

Farmstead, 1890-1900. Creator: Johann Eduard Karsen
Farmstead, 1890-1900

Watercourse with Sail Barges, 1885-1912. Creator: Johann Eduard Karsen
Watercourse with Sail Barges, 1885-1912

To each his own, 1810-1852. Creator: Louis Henri de Fontenay
To each his own, 1810-1852

Landscape with an old oak, c.1639-c.1641. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Landscape with an old oak, c.1639-c.1641

Every one his fancy, 1670-1675. Creator: Godfried Schalcken
Every one his fancy, 1670-1675

Hunt, Seth, Mr. swimming, between 1931 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Hunt, Seth, Mr. swimming, between 1931 and 1942

If the Blind Lead the Blind Both shall Fall into the Ditch, End of 16th cen. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

It is too Late to Fill in the Well After the Calf has Drowned, End of 16th cen. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Who Knows why Geese Walk Barefoot?, End of 16th cen. Creator: Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (1564-1638)
Who Knows why Geese Walk Barefoot?, End of 16th cen. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

I Mourn because the World is so Untrustworthy, End of 16th cen. Creator: Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (1564-1638)
I Mourn because the World is so Untrustworthy, End of 16th cen. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

A Flemish Proverb, End of 16th cen. Creator: Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (1564-1638)
A Flemish Proverb, End of 16th cen. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

The Blindfolding of Cupid, after 1797. Creator: George Romney
The Blindfolding of Cupid, after 1797

The empty quiver, c1775. Creator: Pierre Antoine Baudouin
The empty quiver, c1775

Pigs, 1941-1942. Creator: Chaim Soutine
Pigs, 1941-1942

Downfall, plate twelve from A Life, 1884. Creator: Max Klinger
Downfall, plate twelve from A Life, 1884

Downfall, from A Life, 1884. Creator: Max Klinger
Downfall, from A Life, 1884

Downfall, plate twelve from A Life, 1884. Creator: Max Klinger
Downfall, plate twelve from A Life, 1884

Climax of Disaster, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, published 1830. Creator: Charles Bentley
Climax of Disaster, from Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, published 1830

Reindeer herd, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Reindeer herd, between c1900 and 1927

TATA truck in India, 2019. Creator: Unknown
TATA truck in India, 2019

Mahindra Police van, Calcutta, 2019. Creator: Unknown
Mahindra Police van, Calcutta, 2019

Box, Bilston, 1770 / 90. Creator: Unknown
Box, Bilston, 1770/90

Counted Out, second stone, 1921. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
Counted Out, second stone, 1921

A Knockout, 1921. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
A Knockout, 1921

The Fugitives, 1916 / 1917. Creator: Ernst Barlach
The Fugitives, 1916/1917

Sunday 1897, 1921. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
Sunday 1897, 1921

The Shower-Bath, 1917. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
The Shower-Bath, 1917

Willard in Training Quarters, 1916. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
Willard in Training Quarters, 1916

The White Hope, 1921. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
The White Hope, 1921

Counted Out, first stone, 1921. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
Counted Out, first stone, 1921

Ewer with Arabic proverb, "Devotion fortifies action"
Ewer with Arabic proverb, " Devotion fortifies action", Iran or present-day Uzbekistan, 10th century. inscription in Kufic script " devotion fortifies action"

The Nativity of the Virgin, c. 1400 / 1405. Creator: Andrea di Bartolo
The Nativity of the Virgin, c. 1400/1405

Flemish proverbs, 1607. Creator: Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (1564-1638)
Flemish proverbs, 1607. Found in the collection of Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly, Lier

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