Big Fish Eat Little Fish, Pieter van der Heyden, 1557

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Big Fish Eat Little Fish, 1557, Engraving; first state of four, 9 x 11 5/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, ca. 1525–1569), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), One of the most haunting of Bruegel's images, Big Fish Eat Little Fish is among the first of the artist's many treatments of proverbs in paintings or prints. The image reveals many small and large fish tumbling out of the mouth of an enormous beached fish

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Size: 5201px × 3941px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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