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THE WISDOM OF FOOLS
THE BAGPIPE MUST BE FILLED
THE SCALES OF MARRIAGE
DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH
WHEN YOUR PURSE IS EMPTY, YOU EAT BONES NOT BACON
POVERTY IS EASIER TO BEAR THAN LUXURY
DO NOT SPEND YOUR SAVINGS TOO SOON

Nicolaes Braeu

The Wisdom of Fools

c. 1592

Nicolaes Braeu

Dutch, 1586 - after 1600

Art by Nicolaes Braeu

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Biography

Dutch, 1586 - after 1600
Nationality: Dutch
Notes:
Engraver, active in Haarlem. Often wrongly identified with Gillis van Breen (see Hollstein)