Why it matters
A hooded, white-bearded man in black walks on, lost in thought, as a small figure in a glass globe cuts his purse and caltrops lie in his path. The inscription reads: 'Because the world is perfidious, I am going into mourning.'
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1568.
- It is painted in tempera on canvas.
- A shepherd guarding his sheep in the background is shown as more virtuous than the misanthrope.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Misanthrope (Bruegel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
