Why it matters
A fat Carnival figure on a barrel jousts with a thin Lent in a crowded town square full of nearly 200 people. Bruegel's panorama of life in the Southern Netherlands marks the transition from Shrove Tuesday to Lent.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1559.
- The theme of the battle goes back to the year 400.
- A likely precursor is a 1558 etching after Frans Hogenberg.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (CC BY-SA 4.0).
