Bruegel The Netherlandish Proverbs

The knife is hanging OR sitting under the knife. He peeks at cards OR a fool gets the best cards. He shits on an upside-down world. They lead one another by the nose. The dice have been cast. It depends on how the cards fall.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Netherlandish Proverbs or The Blue Cloak, Detail, (panel; 117 x 163 cm [46 X 64 1/8 in.]), Staatliche Museen, Berlin Signed and dated bottom right: BRVEGEL 1559