The thing that hath been is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done. There is no new thing under the sun.
Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already of old time, which was before us.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
The MET is a great jumping off point for more on the art Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Their site has a short bio and some essays about art of this period.