Parable of the two blind men, The blind guide walks into the water and takes his also blind follower with him into his fall. Imagination of the proverb and parable: If one blind man leads another, they will both fall into a pit. The meaning of which is: when the unqualified advise other unqualified people, things go wrong. Reference to Mat. 15:14. In the background a house and again two blind men falling. Below the representation the meaning of the proverb in a five-line verse; right in Latin and left in French., print, print maker: Pieter van der Heyden, (mentioned on object), after design by

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