Why it matters
Six blind men stumble along a path, each falling a little further than the last, illustrating the biblical parable of the blind leading the blind. Bruegel observed them so carefully that each has a different eye condition.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1568, the year before Bruegel's death.
- It is painted in distemper on linen canvas.
- Its bitter tone may reflect the Spanish repression in the Netherlands after 1567.
- It inspired poems by Baudelaire and William Carlos Williams.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Parable of the Blind (CC BY-SA 4.0).
