Niets kan dwaasheid verhelpen 1557

"Niets kan dwaasheid verhelpen" (Nothing can remedy foolishness), a 1557 engraving by Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert, is a powerful visual representation of a proverb. The artwork depicts a scene of a man being pounded in a mortar by another figure, with a third figure pointing to the action. This illustration, likely intended for a broader audience, highlights the Dutch proverb, “If you hit a fool with a pestle in a mortar, he won’t get away from it, because of his foolishness." This engraving, now in the Rijksmuseum, exemplifies Coornhert's ability to convey moral messages through visual storytelling.