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veen  ·  3962 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Christ Carrying the Cross - Hieronymus Bosch

I suppose you know this one too? It's Nederlandse Spreekwoorden, Dutch Proverbs, and also used as the cover of a Fleet Foxes album.

I think it's an amazing picture, as most proverbs are still used in Dutch so for me it's a linguistic Where's Waldo. There are some really weird ones as well. For instance, in the middle you can see two people shitting out a window: an old proverb goes something like 'to shit through the same hole' and it's said of people who agree with each other or who are comrades.