Bruegel Senior

Bruegel Senior was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter in 1559. He often painted, paintings which his father painted (around the same context, not paintings) and he was also a printmaker. Bruegel was born in 1525 and died roughly aged 44 in 1569. Bruegel showed complete interest in the Netherlandish Renaissance - often known for painting peasants with landscape elements and religious work and it was obvious that his interpretation was a vivid deception of life.
Netherlandish Proverbs is the name of the above paintings, although it was originally named 'The Blue Cloak.' The painting in itself has many, many meanings to the point of the very background of the painting having in-depth interpretation. This painting is classic Bruegel with his involvement of humans, objects, animals and the illustration of dutch language proverbs. The running theme for Bruegel is the continuous running absurdity and how he included again, the weirdness and foolishness of humans (which is obvious from the man with his bottom out in the window to the food on the roof.)
(Source: wiki)