Why it matters
A storm gathers over a coastal landscape in late winter, with leafless trees and ships crashing against the shore. A boy wears a paper crown and people eat waffles, references to Carnival before Lent.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1565.
- It is one of Bruegel's series on the seasons, set around February and March.
- It is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Gloomy Day (CC BY-SA 4.0).
