Why is The Misanthrope Round?
The Misanthrope (1568) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Why it is round
The Misanthrope at Wikipedia
The inscription at bottom reads:
Om dat de werelt is soe ongetru / Daer om gha ic in den ru
("Because the world is perfidious, I am going into mourning").
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