Married under a broom. The broom
hangs out the window. Tarts tile the roof. He peeks through his fingers.
The knife is hanging. He stands on his clogs (to wait in vain).
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
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